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A Goodreads Best Science Fiction Choice Award Nominee
A New York Public Library Top 10 Book of 2022

An immersive, electrifying space-fantasy, Neon Yang''s debut novel The Genesis of Misery is full of high-tech space battles and political machinations, starring a queer and diverse array of pilots, princesses, and prophetic heirs.

This is Joan of Arc meets Gideon the Ninth with a touch of Pacific Rim thrown in as a treat. A mind-blowing rollercoaster ride of a space opera, propulsive and strange in the best way.Rebecca Roanhorse, New York Times bestselling author

It's a story you think you know: a young person hears the voice of an angel saying they have been chosen as a warrior to lead their people to victory in a holy war.

But Misery Nomaki (she/they) knows they are a fraud.

Raised on a remote moon colony, they don't believe in any kind of god. Their angel is a delusion, brought on

The Genesis of Misery

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    A Paperback / softback by Neon Yang

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      Publisher St Martin's Press
      Published 25 July 2023
      ISBN-13 9781250788993
      978-1250788993
      ISBN-10 1250788994
      Also in:
      Crime & Thrillers Science Fiction Sci-Fi

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      A Goodreads Best Science Fiction Choice Award Nominee
      A New York Public Library Top 10 Book of 2022

      An immersive, electrifying space-fantasy, Neon Yang''s debut novel The Genesis of Misery is full of high-tech space battles and political machinations, starring a queer and diverse array of pilots, princesses, and prophetic heirs.

      This is Joan of Arc meets Gideon the Ninth with a touch of Pacific Rim thrown in as a treat. A mind-blowing rollercoaster ride of a space opera, propulsive and strange in the best way.Rebecca Roanhorse, New York Times bestselling author

      It's a story you think you know: a young person hears the voice of an angel saying they have been chosen as a warrior to lead their people to victory in a holy war.

      But Misery Nomaki (she/they) knows they are a fraud.

      Raised on a remote moon colony, they don't believe in any kind of god. Their angel is a delusion, brought on

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