{"product_id":"the-best-of-all-possible-worlds-a-novel","title":"The Best of All Possible Worlds: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY BUZZFEED  Karen Lords debut novel  the multiple-award-winning Redemption in Indigo  announced the appearance of a major new talenta strong  brilliantly innovative voice fusing Caribbean storytelling traditions and speculative fiction with subversive wit and incisive intellect. Compared by critics to such heavyweights as Nalo Hopkinson  China Miville  and Ursula K. Le Guin  Lord does indeed belong in such select companyyet  like them  she boldly blazes her own trail.  Now Lord returns with a second novel that exceeds the promise of her first. The Best of All Possible Worlds is a stunning science fiction epic that is also a beautifully wrought  deeply moving love story.  A proud and reserved alien society finds its homeland destroyed in an unprovoked act of aggression  and the survivors have no choice but to reach out to the indigenous humanoids of their adopted world  to whom they are distantly related. They wish to preserve their cherished way of life but come to discover that in order to preserve their culture  they may have to change it forever.  Now a man and a woman from these two clashing societies must work together to save this vanishing raceand end up uncovering ancient mysteries with far-reaching ramifications. As their mission hangs in the balance  this unlikely teamone cool and cerebral  the other fiery and impulsivejust may find in each other their own destinies . . . and a force that transcends all.  Praise for The Best of All Possible Worlds  An engrossing picaresque quest  a love story  and a moving character study . . . Karen Lord is on a par with Ursula K. Le Guin.The Guardian  A fascinating and thoughtful science fiction novel that examines adaptation  social change  and human relationships. Ive not read anything quite like it  which makes it that rare beast: a true original.Kate Elliott  author of the Crown of Stars series and The Spiritwalker Trilogy  Reads like smooth jazz comfort food  deceptively familiar and easy going down  but subtly subversive . . . puts me in mind of Junot Dazs brilliant novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao.Nalo Hopkinson  Los Angeles Review of Books  If you want to see science fiction doing something new and fascinating . . . then you shouldnt sleep on The Best of All Possible Worlds.io9  Rewarding science fiction for emotional grown-ups.Mysterious Galaxy  A marvelously formed universe.The A.V. Club  A rewarding  touching and often funny exploration of the forms and functions of human culture.SFX  The Best of All Possible Worlds . . . poses an interesting question: What parts of you do you fight to preserve when everything you know suddenly changes?Associated Press\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44949615149109,"sku":"ByrdShop_0345534050","price":28.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780345534057_24b8f4ad-b2ba-4e98-a6b6-f68206697417.jpg?v=1770576832","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-best-of-all-possible-worlds-a-novel","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}