April 15, 2024
Glenn is just a normal PhD student before he discovers that his girlfriend is a secret agent fighting against capitalist oligarchs across the galaxy. He's pulled unexpectedly into the world of Vivy and her supercomputer partner, Eddie. Meanwhile, Glenn's ex-girlfriend Tamsin has just found out her grandmother is dead. That's the bad news. The good news? Her grandmother was a refugee survivor of a political regime that has a hivemind army ready to go in a parallel world. And the thing is, Tamsin has always, secretly, wanted to rule everything. Now, she might just have a chance. Pratt's (Doors of Sleep, 2021) irreverent, fun, queer space opera is consistently unexpected and full of twists, from witty betrayals to Tamsin's building ruthlessness to silly, sexy swerves in character development. The pacing of the book is slightly off, starting slow and barreling to the end, but readers of Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman will enjoy the absurd wittiness, action scenes, and raunchy antics of Pratt's characters.
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April 22, 2024
Hugo Award winner Pratt (Prison of Sleep) puts two extraterrestrial women in a planet-shaking, winner-take-all race for love and conquest in this sci-fi romp. Vivian Sattari pretends to be a UC Berkeley grad student, but she’s really an augmented human agent for the Interventionists, a multiverse-spanning group whose mission is to nudge cultures in “good directions.” Meanwhile Tamsin Zmija, the granddaughter of a tech innovator, is shocked to discover her grandmother was a deposed ruler of a parallel Earth. When her downfall is traced to a universe-hopping fascist army, Tamsin gets unwanted help from Vivian, along with the welcome presence of Glenn, her ex and now Vivian’s boyfriend. Trust, betrayal, jealousy, and kinky sex all mix into scenes of wounded intimacy and cinematic battles between killbots and clone armies. Though the verbal and emotional sparring between the leads can turn a bit catty, frothy humor brightens the tone. Pratt’s fans will be well pleased. Agent: Ginger Clark, Ginger Clark Literary.