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An Unkindness of Ghosts

By: Rivers Solomon
Narrated by: Cherise Boothe
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Odd-mannered, obsessive, withdrawn, Aster has little to offer folks in the way of rebuttal when they call her ogre and freak.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, as they accuse, she'd be powerful enough to tear down the walls around her until nothing remained of her world, save for stories told around the cookfire.

Aster lives in the low-deck slums of the HSS Matilda, a space vessel organized much like the antebellum South. For generations the 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, whom they consider to be less than human.

When the autopsy of Matilda's sovereign reveals a surprising link between his death and her mother's suicide some quarter century before, Aster retraces her mother's footsteps. Embroiled in a grudge with a brutal overseer and sowing the seeds of civil war, Aster learns there may be a way off the ship if she's willing to fight for it.

©2017 Rivers Solomon (P)2017 Blackstone Audio, Inc. African American Fantasy Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction Space Opera Heartfelt Scary Witty Emotionally Gripping Space Science Fiction African Fantasy
Complex Characters • Powerful Storytelling • Unique Worldbuilding • Thought-provoking Themes • Compelling Plot

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I truly enjoyed this selection. The reader was excellent. Some may bicker with the race, class & gender issues raised as being too trendy. In my opinion, these issues have always been visible to those with clear sight. The lens of a good story enables others to see the reality of these problems as well.

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It's just incredibly smart science fiction and the chemistry between Theo and Aster is amazing.

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This is the best book I've read this year and one of the best I've read in my life. The story is amazing. The narration is amazing. Read it. You'll enjoy it.

Best book this year

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The author's skill with the written word is very impressive. I felt the story itself vacillated between 3-5. Was worth the read (listen).

Very good prose, okay story

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good story telling made better by an excellent performance.

really enjoyed the way the main character was written.

engaging

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