A Fire Born of Exile
A spellbinding standalone sci-fi romance and 2024 Hugo Award finalist perfect for fans of Becky Chambers
$24.90
- Paperback
432 pages
- Release Date
2 July 2024
Summary
The Scattered Pearls Belt is a string of habitats under tight military rule … where the powerful have become all too comfortable in their positions, and their corruption. But change is coming, with the arrival of Quynh: the mysterious and enigmatic Alchemist of Streams and Hills.
To Minh, daughter of the ruling prefect of the Belt , Quynh represents a chance for escape. To Hoa, a destitute engineer, Quynh has a mysterious link to her own past … and holds a deeper, more sensual appeal.…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781473223448 |
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| ISBN-10: | 147322344X |
| Author: | Aliette de Bodard |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Gollancz |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 432 |
| Release Date: | 2 July 2024 |
| Weight: | 310g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 30mm |
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A Fire Born of Exile opens with a riot and doesn’t let up from there. Poisonings, intrigue, terrible secrets and tense confrontations combine in a tense, accomplished space opera, told with de Bodard’s usual vividness and verve * Locus *
About The Author
Aliette de Bodard
Aliette de Bodard is one of the Writers of the Future, has won two Nebula Awards, a Locus Award and a BSFA Award. She has also been a finalist for the Hugo, Sturgeon, and Tiptree Awards, making her one of our most-lauded contemporary fiction writers. A writer by night, by day she is a qualified engineer, specialising in Applied Mathematics. She lives in Paris, in a flat with more computers than she really needs.
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