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Wind's Embrace
Provenance is a world built on dreams. Sleeper’s Sand, the energy of a cultivator, saturates the known world. It lives in the ground and the air, animals can feel it and seek it, and Dreamers bend it to their will.
Galien Minefrost has always been a gifted Dreamer - one who cultivates Sleeper’s Sand - but now that he has reached the Aware Rank at the young age of thirteen, he dreams of distant lands where his abilities can be truly developed. Trapped by their lives in a Northern capital, Galien’s parents have enrolled their only child in a distant School for Dreamers in the wealthy city of Wind’s Embrace. It is there that Galien will begin to uncover the true potential of his abilities while he embraces new friends, and is challenged by foreign customs and looming dangers.
With supernatural powers, strength, and cognition within his grasp, Galien must master his newfound abilities faster than he intended when mysteries abound and long dormant foes arise. Now he must fight to save everything he holds dear.
The First Dreamer’s warning rings in the ear of every cultivator. Your dreams are real - what will you do now?
Galien Minefrost has always been a gifted Dreamer - one who cultivates Sleeper’s Sand - but now that he has reached the Aware Rank at the young age of thirteen, he dreams of distant lands where his abilities can be truly developed. Trapped by their lives in a Northern capital, Galien’s parents have enrolled their only child in a distant School for Dreamers in the wealthy city of Wind’s Embrace. It is there that Galien will begin to uncover the true potential of his abilities while he embraces new friends, and is challenged by foreign customs and looming dangers.
With supernatural powers, strength, and cognition within his grasp, Galien must master his newfound abilities faster than he intended when mysteries abound and long dormant foes arise. Now he must fight to save everything he holds dear.
The First Dreamer’s warning rings in the ear of every cultivator. Your dreams are real - what will you do now?
291 pages, Paperback
Published June 24, 2024
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July 19, 2025
It is a solid debut novel.
What I like:
The world is unique, the characters are distinct in their personalities, although perhaps not always in their speech, and the magic system itself is interesting. Very strange, but interesting. It flows well and doesn't get bogged down. If you are familiar with the genre, some authors spend a lot of time trying to describe something esoteric thay adds little to th story and that most readers skip over; Evan avoids that. The MC was likeable, although I kept envisioning everyone as 3 or 4 years older then they were supposed to be, they didn't struggle with anything typical of their age.
What brought me out of the story:
Editing, the bane of all new authors. Some awkward sentences, repeated words close together, and, the opposite of that, trying to find unique words to avoid repeating and ending up with a word that doesn't quite work.
First person writing, but I know some really like that.
Some plot points felt inserted unnaturally.
Why is the continent shaped with straight lines?
Overall, great first book, good start to a series. Will read the next one!
What I like:
The world is unique, the characters are distinct in their personalities, although perhaps not always in their speech, and the magic system itself is interesting. Very strange, but interesting. It flows well and doesn't get bogged down. If you are familiar with the genre, some authors spend a lot of time trying to describe something esoteric thay adds little to th story and that most readers skip over; Evan avoids that. The MC was likeable, although I kept envisioning everyone as 3 or 4 years older then they were supposed to be, they didn't struggle with anything typical of their age.
What brought me out of the story:
Editing, the bane of all new authors. Some awkward sentences, repeated words close together, and, the opposite of that, trying to find unique words to avoid repeating and ending up with a word that doesn't quite work.
First person writing, but I know some really like that.
Some plot points felt inserted unnaturally.
Why is the continent shaped with straight lines?
Overall, great first book, good start to a series. Will read the next one!
October 10, 2025
I would probably lean more towards 3.5 stars but that’s more for the editing. Some of the sentence structure is strange but the ideas are all there and it seems like a great kickoff to a great series. Will look into the second very soon!!
February 16, 2025
Great world building with a very interesting magic system! The novel starts off with a fun magic school vibe but ends feeling closer to a gritty/dark Joe Abercrombie setting. Highly recommended!
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