Claiming T-Mo
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- $12.99
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
In this lush interplanetary tale, Novic is an immortal Sayneth priest who flouts the conventions of a matriarchal society by choosing a name for his child. This act initiates chaos that splits the boy in two, unleashing a Jekyll-and-Hyde child upon the universe. Named T-Mo by his mother and Odysseus by his father, the story spans the boy's lifetime — from his early years with his mother Silhouette on planet Grovea to his travels to Earth where he meets and marries Salem, and together they bear a hybrid named Myra. The story unfolds through the eyes of these three distinctive women: Silhouette, Salem and Myra. As they confront their fears and navigate the treacherous paths to love and accept T-Mo/Odysseus and themselves, the darkness in Odysseus urges them to unbearable choices that threaten their very existence.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Bacon (Dying & Other Stories) explores a four-generation alien family saga in this gleeful, wacky debut. A boy born into the matriarchal Grovean culture is named T-Mo by his mother, a Grovean child bride, and Odysseus by his father, an adult Sayneth priest. This curses him with dual natures: T-Mo is happy and warmhearted, and Odysseus is cruel and temperamental. The story chronicles the many struggles of the girls and women he loves as T-Mo and hurts as Odysseus, among them his mother, his human wife, his daughter, and his granddaughters; several of these characters exist only in service to T-Mo/Odysseus's story, and most are underdeveloped. Although the story is rife with imaginative concepts and fascinating alien cultures, Bacon's lush imagery often sacrifices clarity for style. For better or worse, Bacon never shies from the darkly provocative (including implied incest and numerous adult male characters abusing, grooming, and marrying girls and young women) or the bewildering. Fans of space opera with far more emphasis on personal matters than on intrigue or warfare may find much to enjoy, but others will be put off by the questionable romantic and sexual elements.
