Black Sun
Between Earth and Sky • Book 1
by Rebecca Roanhorse
Narrated by Cara Gee, Nicole Lewis, Kaipo Schwab, Shaun Taylor-Corbett
Why Listen to This Audiobook?
Four narrators pulling toward the same solar eclipse like planets on a collision course — the dread builds from chapter one and doesn't let up.
- Great if you want: epic fantasy rooted in Indigenous American civilizations, not European myth
- Listening experience: slow-burn and ominous — each POV tightens the tension like a vice
- Narration: Cara Gee anchors the cast; each narrator owns their character distinctly
- Skip if: you need a completed arc — this ends mid-story, trilogy-style
About This Audiobook
Black Sun is set in the holy city of Tova as a solar eclipse coincides with the winter solstice, a celestial event the Sun Priest has declared an unbalancing of the world. Three characters converge on this moment: Captain Xiala, a disgraced Teek whose voice controls water; the young man she carries toward the city; and Sun Speaker Naranpa, who holds the religious authority that will determine what happens when the sky goes dark. Roanhorse draws on Pre-Columbian civilizations to build a world that feels genuinely original.
The four-narrator production honors the novel's multiple perspective structure, with Cara Gee, Nicole Lewis, Kaipo Schwab, and Shaun Taylor-Corbett giving each storyline a distinct presence. The approach suits a novel whose three central characters are pursuing separate, converging trajectories, and the production quality ensures the shifts between narrators mark the perspective changes rather than creating confusion.