{"product_id":"some-desperate-glory-9780356517186","title":"Some Desperate Glory","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e**WINNER OF THE HUGO AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e**SHORTLISTED FOR THE ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e** SHORTLISTED FOR THE URSULA K. LE GUIN PRIZE**\u003cbr\u003e**SHORTLISTED FOR THE LOCUS AWARD FOR BEST FIRST NOVEL**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''An instant classic'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''An outstanding novel . . . one of the debuts of the year'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eLocus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Deserves a space on shelves alongside genre titans like Ursula K. Le Guin and Octavia Butler''\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA thrillingly told space opera about the wreckage of war, the family you find, and the path you must forge when every choice is stripped from you. \u003ci\u003eSome Desperate Glory\u003c\/i\u003e is the highly anticipated debut novel from Astounding Award and World Fantasy Award-Winner, Emily Tesh.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll her life, Kyr has trained for the day she can avenge the destruction of planet Earth. Raised on Gaea Station alongside the last scraps of humanity, she is one of the best warriors of her generation, the sword of a dead planet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThen Command assigns her brother to certain death and relegates her to the nursery to bear sons, and she knows she must take humanity''s revenge into her own hands. Alongside her brother''s brilliant but seditious friend and a lonely, captive alien, Kyr must escape from everything she''s ever known. If she succeeds, she will find a universe far more complicated than she was taught and far more wondrous than she could ever have imagined\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Masterful, audacious storytelling''\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTamsyn Muir, New York Times-bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eGideon the Ninth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A profoundly humane and brilliantly constructed space opera that will have you cheering, swearing, laughing, and ugly-crying. It''s perfect'' \u003c\/b\u003eAlix E. Harrow, New York Times-bestselling author of\u003ci\u003e The Once and Future Witches\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''This book is astoundingly good. An explosive and extraordinary story that I couldn''t stop reading and will never forget'' \u003c\/b\u003eEverina Maxwell, author of \u003ci\u003eWinter''s Orbit\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''This book has earned a permanent place on my favorites shelf'' \u003c\/b\u003eV. E. Schwab, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Invisible Life of Addie LaRue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFive star reader reviews:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Worth every page, every tear, every late night staying up to finish it. I hope you love this book as much as I do'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''For the life of me I  could. not. put. it. down''\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''As brilliantly plotted as Ann Leckie''s \u003ci\u003eAncillary Justice\u003c\/i\u003e, with characters as vivid as Martha Wells'' Murderbot''\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''I am legitimately not exaggerating when I say this may be my favourite book I''ve read in the last ten years''\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''HOLY MOTHER OF GOD I WAS NOT AT ALL PREPARED AND I AM ETERNALLY OBSESSED''\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn outstanding novel . . . one of the debuts of the year\u003c\/b\u003e -- LOCUS\u003cbr\u003eBound to make waves as \u003cb\u003eone of the best SF novels of 2023\u003c\/b\u003e . . . [an] expansive story with an action-packed pace full of exciting battles and gut-wrenching twists -- BOOKLIST\u003cbr\u003eRaw and action packed . . . \u003cb\u003eThis riveting adventure deserves a space on shelves alongside genre titans like Ursula K. Le Guin and Octavia Butler\u003c\/b\u003e -- PUBLISHERS WEEKLY (starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book hit me like a lightning bolt.\u003c\/b\u003e From the destruction of Earth on the first page, to the human cult on a forgotten space station, to the indoctrinated teen soldier whose narrow worldview Tesh cracks open with pliers, this book is astoundingly good. \u003cb\u003eAn explosive and extraordinary story that I couldn't stop reading and will never forget\u003c\/b\u003e -- Everina Maxwell, author of WINTER'S ORBIT\u003cbr\u003eMasterful, audacious storytelling. \u003cb\u003eRelentless, unsentimental, a completely wild ride.\u003c\/b\u003e I had \u003ci\u003ea time\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eT\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ealk about Mass Effect beating up Brave New World in a dark alley\u003c\/b\u003e -- Tamsyn Muir, New York Times-bestselling author of The Locked Tomb series\u003cbr\u003eDevastatingly entertaining, horribly funny, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSome Desperate Glory\u003c\/i\u003e swoops through space and time with effortless precision\u003c\/b\u003e, never pulling a punch or settling for an easy answer. There's nothing else like it -- A. K. Larkwood, author of THE UNSPOKEN NAME\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIt blew me away. \u003c\/b\u003eTesh unpeels the known world from around her young militants with flawless control, revealing the lies and atrocities beneath-but also the possibility of choice, and compassion. \u003cb\u003eKyr is a revelatory hero-never have I so fervently wished the worst for someone, only to end up cheering for them. . . . Fierce and heartbreakingly humane\u003c\/b\u003e -- Shelley Parker-Chan, author of SHE WHO BECAME THE SUN\u003cbr\u003eA \u003cb\u003eprofoundly humane and brilliantly constructed\u003c\/b\u003e space opera that will have you cheering, swearing, laughing, and ugly-crying.\u003cb\u003e It's perfect\u003c\/b\u003e -- Alix E. Harrow, NEW YORK TIMES-bestselling author of THE ONCE AND FUTURE WITCHES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book will hurt you and you will say thank you\u003c\/b\u003e. It has everything you'd want in a queer space opera - wit and imagination and adventure, all within a brilliantly constructed world . . . Reading this feels like bearing witness to something revolutionary . . . It will change you for the better -- Olivie Blake, NEW YORK TIMES-bestselling author of THE ATLAS SIX\u003cbr\u003eTesh crams in enough wild inventiveness for an entire trilogy, wrapped around an emotional core that's \u003cb\u003epowerful and urgent and unmistakeably real\u003c\/b\u003e -- M. R. Carey, bestselling author of THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS\u003cbr\u003eThis is the sort of debut novel every novelist hopes to write.\u003cb\u003e Spectacular from page one\u003c\/b\u003e -- John Scalzi, NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author of THE KAIJU PRESERVATION SOCIETY\u003cbr\u003eTesh writes compellingly...[blending] thrilling action with a mind-bending course in cosmic metaphysics, which keep shifting your sense of what this book is about. If you're looking for\u003cb\u003e a page-turner with fascinating ideas\u003c\/b\u003e, then Some Desperate Glory absolutely qualifies -- THE WASHINGTON POST\u003cbr\u003eWhat begins as classic military space opera blossoms into something far more complex and interesting. . . . The well-told story combines thrilling action with more thoughtful content, touching on such hot topics as AI, fascism and gender politics, and \u003cb\u003elooks like another award winner\u003c\/b\u003e -- GUARDIAN\u003cbr\u003eThis \u003cb\u003ebrilliant, queer space opera\u003c\/b\u003e combines smart worldbuilding with nuanced explorations of gender, fascism, racism, and more -- BUZZFEED\u003cbr\u003eThis book will turn you inside out and then casually remake you while you wheeze in gratitude. Unflinchingly intense, gloriously queer, and with one of the most finely-crafted and fascinating character journeys I've ever read, Some Desperate Glory is\u003cb\u003e space opera at its absolute best\u003c\/b\u003e -- Freya Marske, SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author of A MARVELLOUS LIGHT\u003cbr\u003eA monumental journey. . . . An intriguing space opera and study of radicalization, indoctrination, and what happens when one breaks free in the most absolute way -- LIBRARY JOURNAL (starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSome Desperate Glory\u003c\/i\u003e has become \u003cb\u003eone of my early \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003efavourites\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e of the year\u003c\/b\u003e. . . . [Kyr's] emotional journey . . . had me ugly-sobbing on the train -- LitHub\u003cbr\u003eThe novel . . . traces the awakening of Kyr's conscience and her efforts to shake off the chains of a martial, heteronormative upbringing and embrace otherness. 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