With her brilliant debut novel, An Unkindness of Ghosts, Rivers Solomon stakes their claim to the dystopian legacy of Octavia Butler, Margaret Atwood, Ursula K. LeGuin and Ann Leckie.
The lost star ship Matilda fled a dying Earth generations ago in search of a new world. But as the long years of its journey proceeded, a brutal theocracy took control of the ship, segregating the population into pale skinned elites and dark skinned workers. Workers, such as Aster, are confined to the lower decks, starved, overworked and brutalized by guards. The pale skinned elites inhabit the upper decks, hoarding their comforts and their privileges as god-given prerogatives. Aster fights back any way she can, and uses her skills as a healer to help the suffering. But doing so makes her a target for retribution as a rebel against the Sovereignty that rules Matilda.
A fearsome, fearless book.
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