This novel isn’t the easiest to read, but when the narration comes to an end—and the reader looks up from the book—such a familiar world turns upside down before their eyes.
The American science-fiction writer Pierce Anthony’s novel “Xthun” acquaints the reader with an astonishing world of a planet where people live underground, where in dark stone tunnels hide unknown monsters, and where long-forgotten ancient gods are resurrected in human memory.