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“If you are looking for a sci-fi escape that is simultaneously a lighter, easier read while also a powerhouse of diversity, heavy with political intrigue, and peppered with anti-colonial themes - look no further! This book will keep you on your toes and guessing as the plot progresses. I loved both Enitan and Menkhet! This was a great audiobook to listen to on Libro.fm!”
— Anna • The Well-Read Moose
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A “breathtaking space opera” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) about a young tea expert who is taken as a political prisoner and recruited to spy on government officials—a role that may empower her to win back her nation’s independence—perfect for fans of N.K. Jemisin and Nnedi Okorafor.
The dust may have just settled in the failed war of conquest between the Holy Vaalbaran Empire and the Ominirish Republic, but the last Emperor’s surrender means little to a lowly scribe like Enitan. All she wants is to quit her day job and expand her fledgling tea business. But when her lover is assassinated and her sibling is abducted by Imperial soldiers, Enitan abandons her idyllic plans and weaves her tea tray up through the heart of the Vaalbaran capital. There, she learns just how far she is willing to go to exact vengeance, free her sibling, and perhaps even secure her homeland’s freedom.
Kemi Ashing-Giwa was born and raised in Southern California, where she grew up on a steady diet of sci-fi and fantasy. She has an undergraduate degree in integrative biology and astrophysics from Harvard University and is currently a PhD student in the Earth and planetary sciences department at Stanford University. She is the author of the novel The Splinter in the Sky and the forthcoming novella This World Is Not Yours.
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Audiobook details
Author:
Kemi Ashing-Giwa
Narrator:
Soneela Nankani
ISBN:
9781797163703
Length:
13 hours 55 minutes
Language:
English
Publisher:
Simon & Schuster Audio
Publication date:
July 11, 2023
Edition:
Unabridged
Libro.fm rank:
#20,731 Overall
Genre rank:
#1,020 in Science Fiction