The Red Scholar's Wake
Shortlisted for the 2023 Arthur C. Clarke Award
Aliette de Bodard
- 'A
- great
- sapphic
- sci-fi'
SAMANTHA
- SHANNONXích
- Si:
- bot
- maker,
- data
- analyst,
- mother,
- scavenger.
- But
- those
- days
- are
- over
- now-her
- ship
- has
- just
- been
- captured
- by
- the
- Red
- Banner
- pirate
- fleet,
- famous
- for
- their
- double-dealing
- and
- cruelty.
- Xích
- Si
- expects
- to
- be
- tortured
- to
- death-only
- for
- the
- pirates'
- enigmatic
- leader,
- Rice
- Fish,
- to
- arrive
- with
- a
- different
- and
- shocking
- proposition:
- an
- arranged
- marriage
- between
- Xích
- Si
- and
- herself.Rice
- Fish:
- sentient
- ship,
- leader
- of
- the
- infamous
- Red
- Banner
- pirate
- fleet,
- wife
- of
- the
- Red
- Scholar.
- Or
- at
- least,
- she
- was
- the
- latter
- before
- her
- wife
- died
- under
- suspicious
- circumstances.
- Now
- isolated
- and
- alone,
- Rice
- Fish
- wants
- Xích
- Si's
- help
- to
- find
- out
- who
- struck
- against
- them
- and
- why.
- Marrying
- Xích
- Si
- means
- Rice
- Fish
- can
- offer
- Xích
- Si
- protection,
- in
- exchange
- for
- Xích
- Si's
- technical
- fluency:
- a
- business
- arrangement
- with
- nothing
- more
- to
- it.But
- as
- the
- investigation
- goes
- on,
- Rice
- Fish
- and
- Xích
- Si
- find
- themselves
- falling
- for
- each
- other.
- As
- the
- interstellar
- war
- against
- piracy
- intensifies
- and
- the
- five
- fleets
- start
- fighting
- each
- other,
- they
- will
- have
- to
- make
- a
- stand-and
- to
- decide
- what
- kind
- of
- future
- they
- have
- together...An
- exciting
- space
- opera
- and
- a
- beautiful
- romance
- from
- an
- exceptional
- SF
- author,
- shortlisted
- for
- the
- 2023
- Arthur
- C.
- Clarke
- Award.'Confident,
- sexy,
- and
- touching'
MAX
- GLADSTONE'An
- exhilarating
- dive
- into
- space
- piracy'
EVERINA
- MAXWELL'A
- fizzingly
- inventive
- space
- opera'
ALASTAIR
- REYNOLDS'The
- most
- glittery
- and
- delicious
- candy-shell'
FREYA
- MARSKE'A
- "read-in-one-sitting"
- novel'
KATE
- ELLIOTT'An
- epic
- tale
- of
- piracy
- and
- romance'
GARETH
- L.
- POWELL'It
- took
- my
- breath
- away!'
STEPHANIE
- BURGIS'LESBIAN
- SPACE
- PIRATES.
- Enough
- said'
KATEE ROBERT
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