The World Gives Way

By Marissa Levien,

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A Ray Bradbury Prize for Science Fiction, Fantasy & Speculative Fiction Finalist

In a near-future world on the brink of collapse, a young woman born into servitude must seize her own freedom in this glittering debut with a brilliant twist—perfect for fans of Station Eleven, Karen Thompson Walker, and Naomi…

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This book mixes so many genres of fiction that it felt wonderfully fresh to me, even as a veteran reader of science fiction and mystery novels. It has a proper investigator with a badge doing sleuthing to track down his suspect. The catch is that the story takes place on a generation spaceship that is encountering very bad technical difficulties while still very far from its destination.

The story is a clever cat-and-mouse detective-suspect chase wrapped in science fiction. It is actually about fundamental questions like what makes life meaningful and what you would do if you only had a…

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