But the D’Ni lords are worried about the influences of surface-dwellers on their ancient civilization. Aitrus is part of the Surveyors Guild, and he most of all cannot wait to explore the surface. But now they want to know what’s on the surface of their own planet, and so they construct a massive shaft straight up. The D’Ni have always been an exploratory civilization, their empire and knowledge expanding to hundreds of worlds – worlds that they are able to travel to by using Linking Books. Plot: The Book of Ti’ana takes Readers to the underground world of D’Ni – an ancient civilization with a rich history totally unknown to surface-dwellers. Among these four key characters is a host of D’Ni lords and commoners – whose names, yes, start to blend together a bit. But she’s much more open about her emotions and feelings. Anna/Ti’ana (her D’Ni name) is much like Aitrus in her inquisitiveness and delight in exploration. Aitrus just wants to be left to his experiments and notebooks, hates dealing with politics, and does what he thinks is right – even if it means changing how D’Ni is. Veovis is comfortable among politicians, believes in sacrificing everything to keep D’Ni ways and D’Ni blood pure. He and Veovis are such opposites that it’s a wonder they ever became friends. And now that I have talked about the villains (because the villains are always the backbone of a Myst story), I will talk about the “heroes.” Aitrus is a quiet, curious, very honorable, and intelligent protagonist – so much so that it is, naturally, difficult to dislike him in any way. He can turn best friends against each other, while pretending to be their ally. A’Gaeris, the real villain of the story, is the sort of conniving, twisted, and slimy little creep that I love to hate. But he also wouldn’t be Veovis without it. I would feel a whole sorrier for him if it weren’t for his arrogance. But also more than a little eaten up with D’Ni arrogance, which eventually leads to an overwhelming hatred for his best friend (who has, in Veovis’s eyes, betrayed and polluted the D’Ni people and D’Ni ways) and turns him into something of an anti-hero. A lord’s son who commands the respect of the elder councilors, who always gets what he wants, and who is a good friend when he has an invested interest in being your friend. Characters: I’m saying this right off: If The Book of Ti’ana ever gets turned into a movie, Tom Hiddleston has to play Veovis.

The book of atrus