These Burning Stars

By Bethany Jacobs,

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Book description

WINNER OF THE 2024 PHILIP K. DICK AWARD 

"These Burning Stars pulls off one of the most brazen, gasp-inducing reveals I’ve experienced in an age." –Esquire 

A dangerous cat-and-mouse quest for revenge. An empire that spans star systems, built on the bones of a genocide. A carefully hidden secret that…

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Why read it?

1 author picked These Burning Stars as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I love stories filled with intrigue, and am impressed by an author who can make me care about awful people. These Burning Stars has both in spades. As someone who prefers to /like/ my characters, fortunately there’s at least one good, decidedly complex character (who’s been a part of some terrible things) to root for as well.

The structure of this novel heightens the intrigue, as an intergalactic game of cat-and-mouse unfolds between Esek (a terrible but surprisingly compelling woman with a great deal of power and privilege) and Six (a mysterious person who’s leading Esek on a far-ranging hunt…

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