Deradicalisation through Space Magic

Oct 2023
Some Desperate Glory – Emily Tesh – Orbit, 2023
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In my previous review of this author's work, I expressed the hope that she would try something at novel-length so that her characters could breathe a little. I'm pleased to say that she has delivered. This is a thoughtful novel about a soldier learning that the universe is not what she thought, and what it lacks in subtlety is made up for in good characterisation, world-building, and plot.
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