#Tennal Halkana

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Character, book, and author names under the cut

Shen Qiao- 千秋/Qian Qiu/Thousand Autumn by Meng Xi Shi

Elliot Schafer- In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan

Alec Campion- Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner

Tennalhin (Tennal) Halkana- Ocean's Echo by Everina Maxwell

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Boom im back with more Ocean's Echo fanart <3

this time Basavi and Istara are also here >:)

i love it when silly little space crews

BONUS ! Sketch of Surit showing Tennal a frog because he promised him he would take him the rivers <3

this was gonna be an additional little doodle to the fanart above but i like it so much im just gonna turn it into a full ass drawing haha so i'll leave you with this W.I.P :)

[bazypitchandsimonsnow]

I wish to G-d I had any artistic talent just so I could draw Tennal and Surit from "Ocean's Echo" in the Barbie mugshot meme because it'd be PERFECT

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OH MY GOD SOMEONE ELSE WHO DREW OCEANS ECHO STUFF YEAHHASDJKXDXASD I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ocean’s echo by everina maxwell was very good

[azurish]

coincidentally, the last panel is what their brains end up looking like after all the stress they put them through over the course of the book

[mitzoco]

Surit and Tennal from Ocean's Echo. @avoliot

[lifelinebooks]

My favorite type of guy is a vicious combination of sarcasm and malicious compliance. Also gay

[monasjourney]

hear me out ...

a friend and i went through our old music from a few years ago and we stumbled upon something.

"drown" by bring me the horizon is about tennal and surit. i can't scream enough about how much i need you to listen to this song. not only is it a masterpiece but it's so painfully accurately about tennal and surit, i couldn't believe it. see for yourselves

[Verse 1]

What doesn't kill you makes you wish you were dead

Got a hole in my soul growing deeper and deeper, and I can't take

One more moment of this silence, the loneliness is haunting me

And the weight of the world's getting harder to hold up

[Pre-Chorus]

It comes in waves, I close my eyes

Hold my breath and let it bury me

I'm not okay and it's not alright

Won't you drag the lake and bring me home again?

[Chorus]

Who will fix me now? Dive in when I'm down?

Save me from myself, don't let me drown

Who will make me fight? Drag me out alive?

Save me from myself, don't let me drown

[Verse 2]

What doesn't destroy you, leaves you broken instead

Got a hole in my soul growing deeper and deeper, and I can't take

One more moment of this silence, the loneliness is haunting me

And the weight of the world's getting harder to hold up

[Pre-Chorus]

It comes in waves, I close my eyes

Hold my breath and let it bury me

I'm not okay and it's not alright

Won't you drag the lake and bring me home again?

[Chorus]

Who will fix me now? Dive in when I'm down?

Save me from myself, don't let me drown

Who will make me fight? Drag me out alive?

Save me from myself, don't let me drown

[Bridge]

'Cause you know that I can't do this on my own

'Cause you know that I can't do this on my own

'Cause you know that I can't do this on my own

('Cause you know that I can't do this on my)

[Outro]

Who will fix me now?

Who will fix me now?

Who will fix me now? Dive in when I'm down?

Save me from myself, don't let me drown

// what a rollercoaster. nobody can convince me otherwise

[paradises-library]

He’d thought he was rescuing her. His little sister. But, of course, Zin was his sister. His aunt’s blood. A Halkana to the bone.

And Tennal thought, She grew up and I never saw.

- Ocean’s Echo, Everina Maxwell

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Space Opera: Sci-Fi books to check out

Ocean's Echo by Everina Maxwell

Rich socialite, inveterate flirt, and walking disaster Tennalhin Halkana can read minds. Tennal, like all neuromodified “readers,” is a security threat on his own. But when controlled, readers are a rare asset. Not only can they read minds, but they can navigate chaotic space, the maelstroms surrounding the gateway to the wider universe. Conscripted into the military under dubious circumstances, Tennal is placed into the care of Lieutenant Surit Yeni, a duty-bound soldier, principled leader, and the son of a notorious traitor general. Whereas Tennal can read minds, Surit can influence them. Like all other neuromodified “architects,” he can impose his will onto others, and he’s under orders to control Tennal by merging their minds. Surit accepted a suspicious promotion-track request out of desperation, but he refuses to go through with his illegal orders to sync and control an unconsenting Tennal. So they lie: They fake a sync bond and plan Tennal's escape. Their best chance arrives with a salvage-retrieval mission into chaotic space—to the very neuromodifcation lab that Surit's traitor mother destroyed twenty years ago. And among the rubble is a treasure both terrible and unimaginably powerful, one that upends a decades-old power struggle, and begins a war. Tennal and Surit can no longer abandon their unit or their world. The only way to avoid life under full military control is to complete the very sync they've been faking. Can two unwilling weapons of war bring about peace?

The Vanished Birds by Simon Jimenez

A mysterious child lands in the care of a solitary woman, changing both of their lives forever in this captivating debut of connection across space and time. "This is when your life begins." Nia Imani is a woman out of place and outside of time. Decades of travel through the stars are condensed into mere months for her, though the years continue to march steadily onward for everyone she has ever known. Her friends and lovers have aged past her; all she has left is work. Alone and adrift, she lives only for the next paycheck, until the day she meets a mysterious boy, fallen from the sky. A boy, broken by his past. The scarred child does not speak, his only form of communication the beautiful and haunting music he plays on an old wooden flute. Captured by his songs and their strange, immediate connection, Nia decides to take the boy in. And over years of starlit travel, these two outsiders discover in each other the things they lack. For him, a home, a place of love and safety. For her, an anchor to the world outside of herself. For both of them, a family. But Nia is not the only one who wants the boy. The past hungers for him, and when it catches up, it threatens to tear this makeshift family apart.

Shards of Earth by Adrian Tchaikovsky

The war is over. Its heroes forgotten. Until one chance discovery . . . Idris has neither aged nor slept since they remade him in the war. And one of humanity's heroes now scrapes by on a freelance salvage vessel, to avoid the attention of greater powers. After earth was destroyed, mankind created a fighting elite to save their species, enhanced humans such as Idris. In the silence of space they could communicate, mind-to-mind, with the enemy. Then their alien aggressors, the Architects, simply disappeared—and Idris and his kind became obsolete. Now, fifty years later, Idris and his crew have discovered something strange abandoned in space. It's clearly the work of the Architects—but are they returning? And if so, why? Hunted by gangsters, cults and governments, Idris and his crew race across the galaxy hunting for answers. For they now possess something of incalculable value, that many would kill to obtain.

How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse by K. Eason

Rory Thorne is a princess with thirteen fairy blessings, the most important of which is to see through flattery and platitudes. As the eldest daughter, she always imagined she’d inherit her father’s throne and govern the interplanetary Thorne Consortium. Then her father is assassinated, her mother gives birth to a son, and Rory is betrothed to the prince of a distant world. When Rory arrives in her new home, she uncovers a treacherous plot to unseat her newly betrothed and usurp his throne. An unscrupulous minister has conspired to name himself Regent to the minor (and somewhat foolish) prince. With only her wits and a small team of allies, Rory must outmaneuver the Regent and rescue the prince.

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Ocean's Echo by Everina Maxwell received 305 votes total. 17.7% of respondents answered YES, they have read it. 82.3% of respondents answered NO, they have not read it.

Rich socialite, inveterate flirt, and walking disaster Tennalhin Halkana can read minds. Tennal, like all neuromodified “readers,” is a security threat on his own. But when controlled, readers are a rare asset. Not only can they read minds, but they can navigate chaotic space, the maelstroms surrounding the gateway to the wider universe. Conscripted into the military under dubious circumstances, Tennal is placed into the care of Lieutenant Surit Yeni, a duty-bound soldier, principled leader, and the son of a notorious traitor general. Whereas Tennal can read minds, Surit can influence them. Like all other neuromodified “architects,” he can impose his will onto others, and he’s under orders to control Tennal by merging their minds. Surit accepted a suspicious promotion-track request out of desperation, but he refuses to go through with his illegal orders to sync and control an unconsenting Tennal. So they lie: They fake a sync bond and plan Tennal's escape. Their best chance arrives with a salvage-retrieval mission into chaotic space—to the very neuromodifcation lab that Surit's traitor mother destroyed twenty years ago. And among the rubble is a treasure both terrible and unimaginably powerful, one that upends a decades-old power struggle, and begins a war. Tennal and Surit can no longer abandon their unit or their world. The only way to avoid life under full military control is to complete the very sync they've been faking. Can two unwilling weapons of war bring about peace?

I have read this book. I loved it, but I probably didn't love it as much as Winter's Orbit. Still a great book, though!

This poll got exactly the same number of respondents as the Winter's Orbit poll, but a way lower yes percentage.

(tbh I can't actually remember the sexual orientations of either Tennal or Surit so feel free to correct me if I'm wrong)

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Character, book, and author names under the cut

Rath- Tournament of Losers by Megan Derr

Tennalhin "Tennal" Halkana- Ocean's Echo by Everina Maxwell

Li Shimin- Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao

Zeen Mrala- The High Republic: Midnight Horizon by Daniel José Older

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i finally finished this silly little book on Tuesday and WOAKDNSA i love the world building so so SO much, (i actually got Oceans Echo without knowing it was a Romance, i got it bc uoahh silly sci-fi book)

ANYWAY HELLO TO THE SOUL 3 OTHER FANS OF THIS BOOK !!!! Have some Tennal and Surit and this is the only place im posting this bc auh ueaaimlksxsdxfksdfx

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“I’m one hundred percent aware of how much I need you,” Tennal said, low and focused. “So will you just suspend your scruples for once and let me give you something to lie for.”

Rich socialite, inveterate flirt, and walking disaster Tennalhin Halkana can read minds. Conscripted into the military under dubious circumstances, Tennal is placed into the care of Lieutenant Surit Yeni, a duty-bound soldier, principled leader, and the son of a notorious traitor general. Whereas Tennal can read people, Surit can influence them. Like all other neuromodified “architects,” he can impose his will onto others, and he’s under orders to control Tennal by merging their minds.

Surit accepted a suspicious promotion-track request out of desperation, but he refuses to go through with his illegal orders to sync and control an unconsenting Tennal. They can both let themselves be arrested and court-martialed--or they can lie.

How long they can keep faking a mental bond is another matter.

Ocean's Echo is out 1 November 2022, if it sounds like your thing and you felt like preordering that would be awesome; preorders are up at most retailers!

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so you should go read Ocean's Echo

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REVIEW: Ocean's Echo by Everina Maxwell

REVIEW: #OceansEcho by Everina Maxwell || A new book set in the same universe as #WintersOrbit - great story! #QueerScifi #Books #BookReview

  Rich socialite, inveterate flirt, and walking disaster Tennalhin Halkana can read minds. Tennal, like all neuromodified “readers,” is a security threat on his own. But when controlled, readers are a rare asset. Not only can they read minds, but they can navigate chaotic space, the maelstroms surrounding the gateway to the wider universe. Conscripted into the military under dubious…