{"product_id":"an-unkindness-of-ghosts","title":"An Unkindness of Ghosts","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Harrowing and beautiful, this is SF at its best: showing the possible future but warning of the danger of bringing old prejudices and cruelties to that new world. While a story about enslaved people in space could be a one-note polemic, the fully rounded characters bring nuance and genuine pathos to this amazing debut.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Library Journal, Starred Review\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"In Rivers Solomon's highly imaginative sci-fi novel An Unkindness of Ghosts, eccentric Aster was born into slavery on--and is trying to escape from--a brutally segregated spaceship that for generations has been trying to escort the last humans from a dying planet to a Promised Land. When she discovers clues about the circumstances of her mother's death, she also comes closer to disturbing truths about the ship and its journey.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The HSS Matilda is a generation ship organized much like the antebellum South. Embroiled in a grudge with a brutal overseer and sowing the seeds of civil war, sharecropper Aster learns there may be a way off the ship if she's willing to fight for it.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Publishers Weekly; included in Fall 2017 Adult Announcements, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Rivers Solomon pulls you through a difficult journey that is shockingly real, while being utterly engaging as science fiction...It's refreshing to read a new writer who can manipulate such well known motifs, while churning out a story that still instigates a contemporary discourse, one that dares to remind the reader that the past doesn't always stay buried.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Geeks OUT\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAster 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAster 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Embargoed Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44950362652848,"sku":"9781617755880","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0681\/3902\/4560\/files\/9781617755880.jpg?v=1770345529","url":"https:\/\/embargoededitions.com\/products\/an-unkindness-of-ghosts","provider":"Embargoed Editions","version":"1.0","type":"link"}