Thank you Netgalley Tachyon Publications for this ARC! I can't wait to read it!

“The Four Profound Weaves” is an epic fantasy where we follow a trans protagonist, Uiziya e Lali, and a nameless man. The POVs were hard to keep track of, both of the voices sounded very similar, and it was confusing to go from one speaker saying one thing. The next chapter, a new speaker, says something completely different. Both voices were not distinct enough to tell them apart except by seeing who was speaking on the chapter header.

I loved the magic and the carpet of death. Reading this novella and seeing how it played out was epic. However, after all the build-up to the ending of the novella, it just ends abruptly. The writing is absolutely beautiful. It was very reminiscent of Ursala Le Guin’s The Left Hand of Darkness that it handled identity.