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A breathtaking science fiction debut from a worthy successor to Octavia Butler.
—One of Esquire magazine’s 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time
“Solomon debuts with a raw distillation of slavery, feudalism, prison, and religion that kicks like rotgut moonshine . . . Stunning.” —Publishers Weekly, Starred Review
Aster has little to offer folks in the way of rebuttal when they call her ogre and freak. She’s used to the names; she only wishes there was more truth to them. If she were truly a monster,...
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