This book was a pleasant surprise.
I got it from a second-hand bookstore prior to leave for a long flight, and my rule that day was to pick up a book from an author or a series I have never heard about. It turned out to be a great choice :) The world is original; the civilization is built upon islands that are floating around the ocean according to tides that are caused by the interaction of four moons. These four moons do not only control the movement of the islands, since their interaction will also affects how crops will grow, as well as other events such as earthquake predictions, and thus, the day-today life on these islands is based on the astronomical study of these moons.
The story is not extraordinary, twins are born on a night were a great hero (the Guardian) was predicted to be born. The first-born is a perfectly formed baby while is brother is a cripple with strange eyes, and thus he is discarded into a mental institution in favor of the beautiful baby that is obviously going to grow up as the prophesized hero.... or is he? Both children have hidden talents, but when the Moons start to behave strangely and the Islands begin to spin out of control, in danger of colliding with the main continents, the prophecy begins to unfold.
Some story developments became obvious after a few chapters; however, what I liked the most was the mysteries surrounding this world. From time to time we get glimpses of past events, 400 years ago, that shaped the current civilization and prophecies, and you just want to know more about it. The mysterious fixed landmass called continent, home of barbarian civilization (or so we think) are also intriguing. Honestly while reading I felt like when I was watching the TV show "Lost" and that some new elements were added up from time to time and not very much explained, and it kept me going on wanting some more.
Moving forward to the second book, I believe there are lots of things yet to discover about this series!
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