ISBN: 0316449032 9780316449038

Category: Fiction / Science Fiction / Action & Adventure

Page count: 400

<b><i>Rosewater</i> is the start of an award-winning trilogy set in Nigeria, by one of science fiction's most engaging voices.</b><br><br><b>*Arthur C. Clarke Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, winner<br>*Nommo Award for Best Speculative Fiction Novel, winne</b>r<br><br>Rosewater 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.<br><br>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.<br><br><b>Tade Thompson's innovative, genre-bending, Afrofuturist series, the Wormwood Trilogy, is perfect for fans of Jeff Vandermeer, N. K. Jemisin, and Ann Leckie.</b><br><br><b>Praise for <i>Rosewater</i>:</b><br><br>"Smart. Gripping. Fabulous!" —Ann Leckie, award winning-author of <i>Ancillary Justic</i>e <br><br>"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 <i>The Girl with All the Gifts </i><br><br>"A magnificent tour de force, skillfully written and full of original and disturbing ideas." —Adrian Tchaikovsky, Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning author of <i>Children of Time </i><br><br><b>The Wormwood Trilogy</b><br><i>Rosewater<br>Rosewater Insurrection<br>Rosewater Redemption</i>