Rare to have an honest to god irredeemable evil overlord be one of the main characters.
It happens on a planet colonized by a human generational starship (which is the sf element), but overall it‘s fantasy—with some twists. Atmospheric, dark, sometimes veering into horror (those were my favorite parts—so visceral). The voice is reminiscent of the older, more traditional fantasy novels (publ. date: 1991), but it reads like something fresh.
4.25/5