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Winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award 2019 'Mesmerising. There are echoes of Neuromancer and Arrival in here, but this astonishing debut is beholden to no-one' - M. R. Carey, author of The Girl With all the Gifts Rosewater is a town on the edge. A community formed around the edges of a mysterious alien biodome, its residents comprise the hopeful, the hungry and the helpless - people eager for a glimpse inside the dome or a taste of its rumoured healing powers. Kaaro is a government agent with a criminal past. He has seen inside the biodome, and doesn't care to again - but when something begins killing off others like himself, Kaaro must defy his masters to search for an answer, facing his dark history and coming to a realisation about a horrifying future.Rosewater is the first in a dazzling new science fiction trilogy. The story continues in The Rosewater Insurrection and concludes in The Rosewater Redemption, published in October 2019 and available to pre-order now.

Language

en

Published on

20/09/2018

Pages

416

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9780356511368

Who is this book for? Readers interested in Afrofuturism, science fiction, and character-driven narratives.

Topics SurvivalIdentityPower
MoodSuspenseful, Mysterious
ViolenceModerate

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