An Unkindness of Ghosts

ISBN: 1617755885

Author: Solomon, Rivers

Condition: New

A breathtaking science fiction debut from a worthy successor to Octavia Butler.-One of Esquire magazines 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All TimeSolomon debuts with a raw distillation of slavery, feudalism, prison, and religion that kicks like rotgut moonshine . . . Stunning. -Publishers Weekly, Starred ReviewAster has little to offer folks in the way of rebuttal when they call her ogre and freak. Shes used to the names; she only wishes there was more truth to them. If she were truly a monster, shed be powerful enough to tear down the walls around her until nothing remains of her world.Aster lives in the lowdeck slums of the HSS Matilda, a space vessel organized much like the antebellum South. For generations, Matilda has ferried the last of humanity to a mythical Promised Land. On its way, the ships leaders have imposed harsh moral restrictions and deep indignities on dark-skinned sharecroppers like Aster. Embroiled in a grudge with a brutal overseer, Aster learns there may be a way to improve her lot-if shes willing to sow the seeds of civil war.