'Worth every page, every tear, every late night staying up to finish it.

An explosive and extraordinary story that I couldn't stop reading and will never forget' Everina Maxwell, author of Winter's Orbit Harrow, New York Times-bestselling author of The Once and Future Witches 'A profoundly humane and brilliantly constructed space opera that will have you cheering, swearing, laughing, and ugly-crying. If she succeeds, she will find a universe far more complicated than she was taught and far more wondrous than she could ever have imagined Alongside her brother's brilliant but seditious friend and a lonely, captive alien, Kyr must escape from everything she's ever known. Then Command assigns her brother to certain death and relegates her to the nursery to bear sons, and she knows she must take humanity's revenge into her own hands. Raised on Gaea Station alongside the last scraps of humanity, she is one of the best warriors of her generation, the sword of a dead planet. Some Desperate Glory is the highly anticipated debut novel from Astounding Award and World Fantasy Award-Winner, Emily Tesh.Īll her life, Kyr has trained for the day she can avenge the destruction of planet Earth.

Le Guin and Octavia Butler'Ī thrillingly told space opera about the wreckage of war, the family you find, and the path you must forge when every choice is stripped from you. 'Deserves a space on shelves alongside genre titans like Ursula K. Tamsyn Muir, New York Times-bestselling author of Gideon the Ninth Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh Requirements.ePUB readers, 2.9 MB Retail Overview:A thrillingly told queer space opera about the wreckage of war, the family you find, and who you must become when every choice is stripped from you, Some Desperate Glory is Astounding Award Winner Emily Tesh’s highly anticipated debut novel. Relentless, unsentimental, a completely wild ride' When Command assigns her brother to certain death and relegates her to Nursery to bear sons until she dies trying, she knows she must take humanity's revenge into her own hands.Īlongside her brother's brilliant but seditious friend and a lonely, captive alien, Kyr escapes from everything she's known into a universe far more complicated than she was taught and far more wondrous than she could have imagined.'Masterful, audacious storytelling. Kyr is one of the best warriors of her generation, the sword of a dead planet. Raised in the bowels of Gaea Station alongside the last scraps of humanity, she readies herself to face the Wisdom, the powerful, reality-shaping weapon that gave the majoda their victory over humanity.

Since she was born, Kyr has trained for the day she can avenge the murder of planet Earth. A thrillingly told queer space opera about the wreckage of war, the family you find, and who you must become when every choice is stripped from you, Some Desperate Glory is Astounding Award Winner Emily Tesh's highly anticipated debut novel.

Some desperate glory by emily tesh