This novel is confusing, the book begins by introducing the
reader to Sorykah-a Trader, one who can switch between the
male and female bodies (she has a male counterpart,
Soryk). She gets her twins away from an evil "collector"
and runs. The book alternates between Sorykah and Soryk's
points of view. There are some subplots involved as well-
Sidra, Soryk's lover, is going to give birth even though it
may kill her. Is the baby Soryk's? If so, Sorykah's
existence is even more complicated than she had bargained
for.
Sorykah is the careful, kind, and benevolent character of
the two. Soryk is selfish, gluttonous, and uncaring. He
has some redeeming qualities, but not overly many. The
book would have been easier to follow if it did not
swith from one to the other and alternate their
wants, desires, and the people they interact with.
The plot was a little odd, the reader really has to pay
attention to grasp the plot- mainly the battle for
domination between Soryk and Sorykah. There is plenty of
death, deceit, and evil in the book, almost too much. The
concept was intriguing, but it could have been executed
more clearly.
This book was ok, good for the science fiction reader,
perhaps.
"In Ice Song, Sorykah Minuit has defeated the Collector and
fled his ruined palace of horrors. Her children are safe;
her journey, she thinks, is over. But now, in Tatto, the
sequel to Ice Song, the dark tendrils of the Collector's
projects, and the secret conspiracies of his twisted
children, are beginning to rot the world of the Sigue from
within. Even Sorykah, who wants nothing more than to live in
peace, cannot avoid being drawn in--especially when a chance
encounter aboard her submarine proves that the most
dangerous opponent she must face is not the man who seeks to
capture her, but the man within her own body"--
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