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The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain

The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain

Samatar, Sofia

Paperback

Science FictionGeneral Fiction

Publisher Price: $18.99

ISBN10: 1250881803
ISBN13: 9781250881809
Publisher: Tordotcom
Published: Apr 16 2024
Pages: 128
Weight: 0.20
Height: 0.50 Width: 5.00 Depth: 7.90
Language: English
Awards: Hugo Award

Nebula Award Finalist for Best Novella

Named a Best Sci-Fi Book of 2024 by Esquire, The New York Times, SLATE, The Washington Post, and ELLE

I am in love with Sofia Samatar's lyricism and the haunting beauty of her imagination. Her stories linger, like the memory of a sumptuous feast.--N. K. Jemisin

A Most Anticipated in 2024 Pick for Goodreads LitHub Book Riot She Reads The Nerd Daily New Scientist

Celebrated author Sofia Samatar presents a mystical, revolutionary space adventure for the exhausted dreamer in this brilliant science fiction novella tackling the carceral state and violence embedded in the ivory tower while embodying the legacy of Ursula K. Le Guin.

The boy was raised as one of the Chained, condemned to toil in the bowels of a mining ship out among the stars. His whole world changes--literally--when he is yanked upstairs and informed he has been given an opportunity to be educated at the ship's university alongside the elite.

Overwhelmed and alone, the boy forms a bond with the woman he comes to know as the professor, a weary idealist and descendent of the Chained who has spent her career striving for validation from her more senior colleagues, only to fall short at every turn.

Together, the boy and the woman will embark on a transformative journey to grasp the design of the chains that fetter them both--and are the key to breaking free.

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