El and Onine, by K. P. Ambroziak
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A civil war on Venus has driven the Venusians to Earth for refuge, where they must adapt to their new surroundings and adopt the planet as their own. The Kyprian council has selected El, a sapient and earth dweller, to be the other half of an interspecies union. But contact between the species may very well mean a fiery death to both, and El is terrified. Onine, a Venusian leader, doesn't know El, but from the moment he sees her he knows he has to save her. Sapients are slaves, soiled and dirty beings that inhabit the earth, and no Venusian would ever demean itself to take the crude form of the sapient. But the only way for Onine to save El is to forgo his beauty and fire, and become clay like her. A simple task if it were as simple as his giving up his form. Unfortunately, she is the one who must undergo a transformation, one for which she already has. A creation myth inspired by Ovid's "Metamorphoses," El and Onine pursue a love more resilient than the bodies they've been given and the universe in which they exist.
El and Onine, by K. P. Ambroziak - Amazon Sales Rank: #350477 in eBooks
- Published on: 2015-03-21
- Released on: 2015-03-21
- Format: Kindle eBook
El and Onine, by K. P. Ambroziak Review Being a fantasy story, [Ambroziak's] introduced other races and worlds. It's done so effortlessly and flawlessly. Everything is put into the story line without you having to sit and read a bunch of back story or facts or even a 'new word' dictionary. The characters pull everything in for you so you just transition right in. The races are different than any I have seen, but not different enough that I was uncomfortable with them. Also, the way that she tells the story definitely gives you that glossy, semi-blurry fantasy feel. It's not a story of what is as we see it, but a story of what may be. Minding Spot If you enjoy elegant, smart writing, vivid fantasy worlds, and everlasting love that stretches beyond the imagination, you should add El and Onine, by K.P. Ambroziak to your TBR list, (or even better, your book shelf or Kindle!) A Well Read Woman K.P. Ambroziak writes elegantly, poetically and imaginatively, and has a fascinating story to tell that readers shouldn't miss. El and Onine is a rare excellent read. I thoroughly enjoyed it and I predict it is going to be a huge hit with fans of the genre. Reader's Favorite
About the Author K.P. Ambroziak's published works include THE TRINITY and THE JOURNAL OF VINCENT DU MAURIER, featured in Publishers Weekly Reviews Roundup in 2015. With a doctorate in Comparative Literature, she moonlights as an academic, indulging in her interest in visual art and literature, a love inspired by the work and fervor of her mentor and friend, surrealist scholar Mary Ann Caws. She lives in Brooklyn near a bridge with her favorite person, and likes basset hounds because their droopy eyes get her every time.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. great greenhouses, and luxuriant baths of molten gold By Stephen Kozeniewski K.P. Ambroziak is unique among authors I'm familiar with. Traditionally even the most obtuse fantastical works will ease a reader into an unfamiliar world, gradually revealing facts as they become necessary - think of Tolkien's hobbits leaving the pastoral Shire or Martin focusing almost exclusively on the Stark family before expanding to the more complicated characters, politically speaking. Ambroziak eschews (or perhaps is incapable) of such worldbuilding. Her worlds seem to pop into existence fully formed, with deep wells of politics, biology, and tradition that the characters are all well aware of, and the reader simply intuits as time goes by (or doesn't.)It's a dizzying talent, one I'm not sure I would even know how to go about replicating. Perhaps I shouldn't even worry about it, because it's what makes Ambroziak's work so unusual. With EL AND ONINE, she revisits some of the themes touched upon in A PERPETUAL MIMICRY, about spiritual beings taking on flesh and the seemingly casual cruelty that such hybridization breeds.Rather than the angels of A PERPETUAL MIMICRY, the transcendent creatures of EL AND ONINE are Venusians, often described as beings of fire. (Who else could survive on the surface of Venus, after all?) A civil war amongst the Venusians has led to one of their religious cults taking a sort of a spiritual Stargate to a prehistoric (or perhaps simply ahistoric) Earth. The price of travel to Earth is taking on crude flesh, one that must be constantly fed by the sun, fire, great greenhouses, and luxuriant baths of molten gold. It all seems a terrible burden to the transformed Venusians.Not to worry, though, because the Venusians have slaves to take out all of their frustrations upon! The Sapients, implied to be a pre-human race of "clay" are cheerfully enslaved by their Venusian masters. Some of the early chapters of EL AND ONINE got me really thinking about slavery. The Sapients hate themselves, despise their own visages, and consider the Venusians to be insanely beautiful - basically for no other reason than that they're constantly told how beautiful their masters are and how hideous they are. The book wasn't especially overtly political, but it definitely got me thinking about some real world parallels - why some people, entire groups of people, even, have to do all manner of nonsense to live up to a standard that was essentially set by slave-owning jerks centuries ago. But I digress without really digressing.As I said, EL AND ONINE deals with a lot of the same issues as A PERPETUAL MIMICRY. Ambroziak seems drawn to the concerns of non-material beings in a way I haven't really seen addressed since I read Vonnegut in high school. I've kind of rambled on here a bit. This is all very heady stuff. Ambroziak is deeply intellectual in a way I haven't read in a long time either - I gather her stories would all change in light of a vast classical education - but also easily accessible. There aren't fifty cent words thrown in to remind you how smart she is. It's just goat farmers farming goats, and angelic beings trying to explain the ineffable to goat farmers with words goat farmers would use.I don't really know where I'm going with all this. Perhaps there's just a lot to digest. I recommend you check out EL AND ONINE and all of Ambroziak's work before the secret gets out.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. A Wonderful Read. By Yvonne Hertzberger El and Onine“El and Onine” is a complex story that does not fit neatly into any box. It is a creation story, an epic saga, a paranormal fiction, a fantasy, and a romance. I took my time putting this review together because I wanted to do justice to the deft way Ambroziak deals with the complexities of a theme which appears in many forms throughout our human history.Those of us familiar with Ovid’s Metamorphoses will recognize the origins or theme behind the masterful way in which Ambroziak makes this recurring subject in literature new and fresh. As someone not familiar with Ovid’s version I found that my lack did not deter me from enjoying this one.Even those not accustomed to creation myths will find this book a joy to read. Yet, its complexity will challenge the reader – in a good way. Ambroziak creates characters that reveal themselves slowly and patiently. She does so with such a clever hand that we are drawn to them, wonder about them, want to know them better from the outset, even become impatient to solve the riddle of who they are in their depths. While this is especially true of both El and Onine, our two main characters, even some secondary characters, such as the Venutian goddess, do not appear full-blown, but become known to us bit by bit.The worlds Ambroziak builds, both on Venus and on Earth, are beautifully and completely wrought. The alien cultures are well developed, including the religious/mythological aspects which drive the theme forward. I marvel at the visual images that invoke both worlds. Ambroziak uses description with just enough detail that we see a full picture, but wastes no extraneous words to get us there.The story does not follow a chronological line, but moves back and forth in time. This allows the reader to learn why things unfold as they do without giving away too much too early. Some characters are given two names, depending on what part of the story they live in at the moment, or which other characters they interact with. This keeps the reader guessing, at least for a time, as to who is who. We have our suspicions, but no certain confirmations until well into the book. It is a clever device that keeps us on our toes, asking questions, wanting to see how it all ties together.While I loved all of these aspects, the underlying romance is what drew me in the most. Both El and Onine must suffer greatly before they can fulfil their destinies, El without knowing her role, Onine with full understanding. Yet neither are what they seem, at first, to the reader, or to each other.This exceptional book will keep readers engaged from page one to its conclusion. I recommend it for enthusiasts of all the genres mentioned.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Complexity, beauty, challenge, and a remarkable wholeness By Stillphoenix I’m not sure how to state this both simply and without alienating potential readers, but if you’re not interested in a story that is going to stretch your mind and make you think, research, ponder, compare, and quite possibly struggle with your own beliefs, don’t bother with this one. In fact, don’t bother with anything Ambroziak writes. What you will find with El and Onine, and with her other works as well, is complexity, beauty, challenge, and a remarkable wholeness.El and Onine is a creation myth, and a love story. It takes inspiration from Ovid’s, Metamorphoses, and if that doesn’t tell you a little something about what you’re walking into, it should. In the same way that Deborah Harkness’s All Souls Trilogy is suffused with depth and detail that only a professor of history could write, so is El and Onine enmeshed in the mythos of western literature that only a professor of comparative literature could weave.When you begin the story, you begin in the center. Ambroziak doesn’t build worlds as much as she invites you into a world fully built, and has ultimate faith that you, the reader, will discover all you need to know to inhabit this world along with the characters and live out their adventure. I personally, being a fan of creation stories (who doesn’t love a cosmic turtle or a spider woman?) thought I was in a good place to run with the story, and then boom. Suddenly we’re dealing with concepts like divine rape and the -- really truly physical as well as spiritually -- transcendent nature of love and absolute existence.I scurried back to Ovid. I refreshed myself on the nature of traditional western gods (they were jerks) and the nature of epic poets (they were sneakily political) and the nature of spiritual transcendence (it quite often involves immolation – and that’s just the beginning of the adventure). I reminded myself that although my personal worldview primarily focuses on worldly regeneration and psychological rebirth, there is sometimes more to the story for those who venture further into the realm of the spirit. And truly, Ambroziak does leave that element of the story a beautiful mystery. We’re simply not privy to the whole story, nor are the characters –“’It is unfolding as it should.’She had no guarantees. We all walked blindly toward the new world.”A note as to the characters. I find it fascinating that Ambroziak’s voice often finds its most eloquence with her male characters. You would be wise to pay special attention to Onine, as you read, for while El is the goddess, the creator, the mother of the new race that is to become, it’s Onine who truly gets stuck with the nearly Sisyphean task of making it all happen.He goes through all the preparatory physical agony, all the politicking, the plotting, he carries the seed, plants it, protects it from all who would betray them, who would tear it out and plant theirs in its place, and he’s the one who, motivated by utter love and devotion, gives his all in nearly anonymous fireworks to ensure the plan works and the old can become transformed into something entirely new. El does more than her fair share of the planning and the suffering, but Onine gets to be aware of it all, he gets to drive, while for quite a while, El gets to snooze in the back seat.But in the end, they are a team. The two of them, their intent, their action, and their belief are the Omega and the Alpha of this world. Their love transcends the suffering, and their intent works seamlessly hand in hand to create wholly new, unknown, unexplored, untested, brilliantly unique, (a little closer to divine?) life from the ashes of horror and destruction.And one further note, the goat gets a happy ending. I really cannot ask for anything more.
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