Nine Planets

"Byrne's allegorical debut boasts a premise that's simultaneously dark and playful, lovely synesthetic imagery, and world-building that jumps delightfully between moments of fairy tale fantasy and high-tech dystopia." -- Publishers Weekly

"Inventive and clever" -- SF Crowsnest

Peter Blackwell wakes from a coma into a world he doesn't recognize or understand, where hopelessness prevails and suicide is normal. Without memory or identity, all he has are nine random images. Nine planets.

Eight he...