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Book Synopsis''A great sapphic sci-fi''
SAMANTHA SHANNON
Xích Si: bot maker, data analyst, mother, scavenger. But those days are over now-her ship has just been captured by the Red Banner pirate fleet, famous for their double-dealing and cruelty. Xích Si expects to be tortured to death-only for the pirates'' enigmatic leader, Rice Fish, to arrive with a different and shocking proposition: an arranged marriage between Xích Si and herself.
Rice Fish: sentient ship, leader of the infamous Red Banner pirate fleet, wife of the Red Scholar. Or at least, she was the latter before her wife died under suspicious circumstances. Now isolated and alone, Rice Fish wants Xích Si''s help to find out who struck against them and why. Marrying Xích Si means Rice Fish can offer Xích Si protection, in exchange for Xích Si''s technical fluency: a business arrangement with nothing more to it.
But as the investigation goes on, Rice Fish and Xích Si find themselves
Trade Review
A "read-in-one-sitting" novel with a beautifully-realized setting amid a complex examination of power and consequences, all intertwined with an intense and gripping romance. -- Kate Elliott, author of Unconquerable Sun * Kate Elliott, author of Unconquerable Sun *
De Bodard's novel, with its rich overlay of Vietnamese culture, is a sumptuous, romantic experience * The Financial Times *
A gripping science fiction adventure, full of cool science-fictional ideas, plot twists, and high stakes . . . Most importantly, this story has heart, with characters you really care about * Laura J Mixon, author of Up Against It and the Avatars Dance trilogy *
Intense, gripping, and beautifully-realized * Kate Elliott, author of UNCONQUERABLE SUN *
An epic tale of piracy and romance in the void of space. A new book from Aliette de Bodard is always a treasure * Gareth L Powell, award-winning author of Stars and Bones *
Thrillingly exciting and achingly romantic, The Red Scholar's Wake is rich with political intrigue and piratical adventure. It took my breath away! * Stephanie Burgis, author of SNOWSPELLED and SCALES AND SENSIBILITY *
Confident, sexy, and touching - The Red Scholar's Wake gives a whole new meaning to the phrase "star-crossed lovers"! * Max Gladstone, Hugo and Nebula award-winning author *
A Xuya-verse f/f romance about lesbian space pirates and it's SO GOOD
One of the protagonists is a sentient space ship, and the descriptions of her are absolutely swoon-worthy
* Susan, Smart Bitches, Trashy Books *
The Red Scholar's Wake is a fizzingly inventive space opera, quite unlike anything I've encountered before, and told with style, grace, and a big dose of heart. SF is lucky to have Aliette de Bodard * Alastair Reynolds, SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author *
The Red Scholar's Wake takes you on an exhilarating dive into space piracy with passion, politics, dazzling settings, and-even better-a profound core of love transcending hopelessness that rings throughout the story * Everina Maxwell, author of WINTER’S ORBIT *
Space pirates, a marriage of convenience, and a world that feels really fresh-you don't want to miss this one! * Katee Robert, NYT bestselling author of NEON GODS *
So romantic I may simply perish * Tasha Suri, author of THE JASMINE THRONE *
