Rosewater is the start of an award-winning trilogy set in Nigeria, by one of science fiction's most engaging voices.*Arthur C. Clarke Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, winner*Nommo Award for Best Speculative Fiction Novel, winnerRosewater 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 rumored 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 realization about a horrifying future.Tade Thompson's innovative, genre-bending, Afrofuturist series, the Wormwood Trilogy, is perfect for fans of Jeff Vandermeer, N. K. Jemisin, and Ann Leckie.Praise for Rosewater:"Smart. Gripping. Fabulous!"-Ann Leckie, award winning-author of Ancillary Justice"Mesmerising. There are echoes of Neuromancer and Arrival in here, but this astonishing debut is beholden to no one."-M. R. Carey, bestselling author of The Girl with All the Gifts"A magnificent tour de force, skillfully written and full of original and disturbing ideas."-Adrian Tchaikovsky, Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning author of Children of TimeThe Wormwood TrilogyRosewaterRosewater InsurrectionRosewater Redemption
Rosewater is the start of an award-winning trilogy set in Nigeria, by one of science fiction's most engaging voices.*Arthur C. Clarke Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, winner*Nommo Award for Best Speculative Fiction Novel, winnerRosewater 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 rumored 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 realization about a horrifying future.Tade Thompson's innovative, genre-bending, Afrofuturist series, the Wormwood Trilogy, is perfect for fans of Jeff Vandermeer, N. K. Jemisin, and Ann Leckie.Praise for Rosewater:"Smart. Gripping. Fabulous!"-Ann Leckie, award winning-author of Ancillary Justice"Mesmerising. There are echoes of Neuromancer and Arrival in here, but this astonishing debut is beholden to no one."-M. R. Carey, bestselling author of The Girl with All the Gifts"A magnificent tour de force, skillfully written and full of original and disturbing ideas."-Adrian Tchaikovsky, Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning author of Children of TimeThe Wormwood TrilogyRosewaterRosewater InsurrectionRosewater Redemption
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