An Unkindness of Ghosts

Solomon, Rivers

ISBN 10: 1617755885 / ISBN 13: 9781617755880

Published by Akashic Books, 2017

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: An Unkindness of Ghosts
• Publisher: Akashic Books
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1617755885
• ISBN 13: 9781617755880
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

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, she’d 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 ship’s 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 she’s willing to sow the seeds of civil war.

About the Author

RIVERS SOLOMON graduated from Stanford University with a degree in comparative studies in race and ethnicity and holds an MFA in fiction writing from the Michener Center for Writers. Though originally from the United States, they currently live in London, England. An Unkindness of Ghosts is their debut novel.