
The book opens as Fraa Erasmas, a Tenner, is about to celebrate his first Apert since joining his math, the Concent of Saunt Edhar, as a young boy. Over the course of this holiday, however, he and his fraas and suurs discover that something very serious and shocking has been happening extramuros. Dun dun dun!
Of course I won't give away more, but suffice to say, this book is pure Stephenson genius. A beautifully rich world filled with highly likable characters (especially Fraa Jad!) engaged in a gripping and meaningful quest.
Recommended if you enjoyed: The Name of the Rose, Reamde
Stephenson's Novels
- The Big U (1984)
- Zodiac (1988)
- Snow Crash (1992)
- Interface (1994)
- The Diamond Age: or A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer (1995)
- The Cobweb (1996)
- Cryptonomicon (1999)
- The Baroque Cycle
- Quicksilver (2003), volume I
- The Confusion (2004), volume II
- The System of the World (2004), volume III
- Anathem (2008)
- The Mongoliad (2010–2012)
- Reamde + Colin's review (2011)
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