Annex by Rich Larson - ISBN: 9780316416542
Paperback
Trans girl fights aliens to reclaim freedom in a changed world.

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  • Paperback

    304 pages

  • Release Date

    25 September 2018

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Summary

At first it is a nightmare. When the invaders arrive, the world as they know it is destroyed. Their friends are kidnapped. Their families are changed.

Then it is a dream. With no adults left to run things, Violet and the others who have escaped capture are truly free for the first time. They can do whatever they want to do. They can be whoever they want to be.

But the invaders won’t leave them alone for long…

This thrilling debut by on…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780316416542
ISBN-10:0316416541
Author:Rich Larson
Publisher:Little, Brown & Company
Imprint:Orbit
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:304
Release Date:25 September 2018
Weight:310g
Dimensions:215mm x 151mm x 25mm
Series:The Violet Wars
What They're Saying

Critics Review

Annex is a ferocious sci-fi fairy tale–a warm, thrilling adventure about what happens after the end of the world. Both epic and intimate in equal measure, this one’s a joy and a blast, from beginning to end.”–Cherie Priest, author of Boneshaker and I Am Princess X
Annex’s combination of a likable and diverse cast of characters with breakneck, engaging action-all against the background of an evocative and sinister world-make it an accomplished and impressive debut.”–Booklist
“A thrilling and imaginative entry into the alien invasion genre with two fierce and desperate young protagonists you won’t be able to stop rooting for.”–Fonda Lee, Nebula-nominated author of Jade City
“An energetic, nonstop adventure.”–Chicago Tribune
“An exciting twist on a hostile-alien-takeover drama…exhilarating.”–Washington Post
“Deftly plotted and packing a few interesting twists, Annex delivers.”–Kirkus
“Insightful and piercing.”–B&N Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog
“Larson’s breakneck pace end up making [Annex] exhilarating, and well worth waiting for the next volume.”–Locus
“Rich Larson has an amazing knack for capturing the lonesomeness of growing up, and how much random cruelty and steadfast companionship there is in childhood. Not to mention, just how alien and scary families can be.”–Charlie Jane Anders, author of All the Birds in the Sky
“Rich Larson presents a uniquely compelling apocalypse–equal parts frightening and touching.”–Alex White, author of A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe
“Wunderkind Rich Larson’s Annex gives us nonstop action set pieces as breathtakingly clever as they are relentless and a vivid, compelling cast. Sequels now, please!”–Mike Allen, author of Unseaming

About The Author

Rich Larson

Rich Larson was born in Galmi, Niger, to an American father and a Canadian mother. He has since lived in Grande Prairie, Alberta, studied in both Edmonton and in Providence, Rhode Island, and worked in a small Spanish town outside Seville. He currently writes from Ottawa, Canada. His speculative fiction has been translated into Polish and Italian, featured on io9, and appears in numerous Year’s Best anthologies.

Rich has received the Dell Award and Rannu Prize for Writers of Speculative Fiction, while his literary short work has been nominated for both the Pushcart and Journey Prize. He was a semifinalist for the Norman Mailer Poetry Prize. Alongside writing, he enjoys soccer, basketball, foreign languages, travel, sketching, and pool.

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