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The Unbalancing

By R. B. Lemberg

17 Mar, 2022

**Miscellaneous Reviews**

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R. B. Lemberg’s 2022 The Unbalancing is a secondary universe fantasy, set in Lemberg’s Bird universe.

Erígra Lilún isn’t at ease in social situations. They would rather engage in solitary artistic pursuits. This doesn’t sit well with their ancestor Semberí, long a ghost, who has a strong conviction that Lilún should be the new keeper of the Unquiet Sleeper. “What is that?” you ask. Let me explain.

Footprints on The Sands Of Time

The Four Profound Weaves: a Birdverse Book

By R. B. Lemberg

29 Dec, 2020

**Miscellaneous Reviews**

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R. B. Lemberg’s 2020 The Four Profound Weaves: a Birdverse Book is their debut novel. It is set in their Birdverse world, where individual gender can be fluid, but socially sanctioned gender roles are narrowly defined.

Two companions set out into the Great Burri Desert, which is not too distant from the city of Iyar. Uiziya craves knowledge. Nen-sasaïr — the nameless — wants a name.