Azura Ghost
Book Two of The Graven
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Publisher Description
'THIS IS THE SPACE OPERA YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR' Micah Dean Hicks
'A KILLER STORY WITH REAL HEART AND SOUL' Alastair Reynolds on Nophek Gloss
One man and his sentient starship are all that stand between the multiverse and its total destruction in the second book of Essa Hansen's brilliant, mind-bending space opera trilogy.
Caiden has been on the run for ten years in order to keep his Graven ship out of the hands of his old adversary, Threi. But when a childhood friend he once thought dead reappears to take it, he is lured into a game of hunter and hunted with the one person whose powers rival Threi's: his sister, Abriss.
Now, to have a fighting chance against the most influential siblings in the multiverse, Caiden is left with no choice. He must unlock the Azura's true potential - which means finally confronting his own mysterious genetic origins.
'A work of dazzling imagination, lyrically written and shot through with deep empathy. A triumph in every sense' Gautam Bhatia, author of The Wall
'A blistering crash through bubble universes, seas of the luminous dead and sleeping alien cities. Liquid-crystal starships, living machines, reality-cleaving swordplay and a dynasty whose words command your synapses and cells' Micah Dean Hicks, author of Break the Bodies, Haunt the Bones
'Unpredictable and strikingly unique, Azura Ghost is science fiction without any limits to its imagination. Genre-breaking brilliance!' David Dalglish, USA Today bestselling author
The Graven series:
Nophek Gloss
Azura Ghost
Praise for the series:
'Gripping and inventive, Nophek Gloss will delight even as it breaks your heart' Megan E. O'Keefe, award-winning author of Velocity Weapon
'A strong, rollercoaster of a debut' Gareth L. Powell, author of The Embers of War
'Bursting with strange characters and powerful SF action' Rob Boffard, author of Adrift
'An exceptional debut - one of the best I've read in years. The sheer imagination in this book is staggering . . . Reads like a Becky Chambers novel crossed with Firefly' Michael Mammay, author of Planetside
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The second time proves less of a charm in Hansen's splintered second Graven space opera (after Nophek Gloss), which continues the machinations of supercharged beings across multiple pocket universes. After 10 years as a freelance problem solver, Caiden Winn discovers that his childhood friend, Leta, was not killed in a massacre as he thought, but survived to become a special operative for Dynast Prime Abriss, the most powerful person in the largest universe, Unity. Caiden attempts to free Leta from Abriss's employ—and keep Abriss from freeing her own brother, Threi, Caiden's onetime mentor and current prisoner—but soon realizes he'll need the help of his former crew mates to succeed. Worse, he discovers that saving Leta from Abriss's service may require dipping into the coercive mental powers granted to him by his link to the ancient Graven technology he despises, but which both Abriss and Threi seek. Hansen brings in a lot of backstory in this volume, with Leta assuming an important voice, but the additional viewpoints and the extension of the characters' abilities to shift through space and time complicate the story without adding to the human element. There's far more emotional impact when Leta and Caiden are allowed to simply sit and reminisce. This is strictly for series fans.
