I don't want to give too much away, but that's just a taste for what you can expect to see in this astounding novel. Granted the D'ni technology far exceeded that of Ana's knowledge, but her ability to learn astounded them. Not only that but she can learn language and the D'ni society was haughty enough to think they were the only culture on this world possible for such words and technology. but that is the whole point! One day everything changes in the D'ni society when Ana shows up in their world. He becomes a very integral part of the story in the future, but at the beginning you don't know that, nor do you suspect anything. Such as the introducing of Aitrus' powerful friend Viovus and so on. Honestly, I can see how some people would think the book is sort of dry at first because there isn't that much intrigue and it is more based on character development. The surface culture is also on the expanse and often Ana and her father are commissioned to go and explore. However, going in tandem to this world underground is also a surface world where Ana and her father survey the land areas that haven't been used yet. The D'ni culture is so fascinating that I honestly couldn't stop reading the book. At this point you're brought further into the D'ni culture and Aitrus' background story. Something happens and the political winds change and the project is put to a halt. So the book starts off with the digging teams working their way to the surface and this is where Aitrus (Atrus' grandfather) is introduced into the story. "The Book of Ti'ana" has the perfect blend of political intrigue and mystery as far as I'm concerned. I must point out here that as a reader I typically don't enjoy this type of thing and I go more for the action or mystery based types of books. You get really involved in all of this political intrigue and that's what makes the book really exciting. They knew they were underground and politically there were some people pushing for a way to the surface of the world they were on. This story is actually pretty epic in scope and it starts during a time when D'ni was expanding their empire. Well in this book you get to see the height of the D'ni Empire. Most areas in Myst that we've visited have been fairly desolate and uninhabited, except for one section in "Riven", but we never interacted with the native population. Unlike the other Myst stories so far, this book deals on the level of an entire society. Journey with us to a long ago time when Atrus' grandmother was a lot younger and originally known as just Ana. In fact most of the prior book is trying to rework what was lost during the fall of the D'ni Empire. This tale is frequently alluded to in the game and the prior book. At the end of "The Book of Atrus" we think the story is going to continue forward from that point, but there is a major story that has not been told yet. The closing words of the book are also the opening words of the first Myst game.Needless to say after finishing "The Book of Atrus" I had fairly high expectations for this series going forward. The Myst Linking Book has been thrown into the Star Fissure towards Earth. The novel ends by setting the stage for the rest of the series by setting Atrus and Catherine free and living on the Age of Myst and Gehn now trapped on the Age of Riven. The novel starts with Atrus' birth and continues to follow his life as he grows up under the guardianship and guidance of his grandmother Anna who teaches him the tales and language of the D'ni before finally being retrieved by Gehn.Īfter returning with Gehn back to the underground cavern of D'ni, Atrus is taught the Art of Writing and the book proceeds to follow his first Ages up until he travels to his father's Fifth Age, also known as Riven, where he meets his future wife Catherine. This book is the first that provides direct background information on the main characters of the Myst franchise, namely Atrus and Catherine. Because this was the first book to be written, it is often considered the first in the series although it should be known that if the series was reviewed chronologically, it is actually the second with the first being Myst: The Book of Ti'ana. The novel first started as a rough draft in 1994 written by Ryan Miller and then later reworked several times before being released and published in 1995, with the final draft being written by David Wingrove. Myst: The Book of Atrus was the first book in the Myst novel series.
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