An Unkindness of Ghosts
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A breathtaking science fiction debut from a worthy successor to Octavia Butler. One of Esquire magazines 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. 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 lotif shes willing to sow the seeds of civil war.
