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Stellar Smoke

Stellar Smoke

Tanaïs

Hardcover

Science FictionLiterary Fiction

Publisher Price: $30.00

PREORDER - Expected ship date October 20, 2026

ISBN10: 0593852850
ISBN13: 9780593852859
Publisher: Dutton
Published: Oct 20 2026
Pages: 320
Weight: 0.85
Height: 1.30 Width: 5.70 Depth: 8.30
Language: English
A hypnotically original and lush speculative novel from award-winning author Tanaïs about family secrets and the mother-daughter bond across generations--ultimately blurring the boundary between past and present, human and machine.

Qamar is a musician hustling in a near-future metropolitan city. Struggling to pay rent and heartbroken after a breakup, she decides to return to the island ashram of her childhood. It's time to finally settle the rift she has with her estranged mother, Veda--a brilliant scientist, actress, and one of the leaders of a now-dissolved cult called the Endless Temple.

But when Qamar arrives, the land is verdant yet neglected, and, most troubling, there are no signs of her mother or sister, Palo. Behind a retina scan-locked door, Qamar encounters her mother's last opus, a machine consciousness called VEDA (Virtual Experiences, Dreams and Afterlife), designed to reveal the story of Veda's life. The descent into VEDA's technoscape forces Qamar to confront the taboos and tragedies of their past, while bracing herself for the wild, unexpected possibilities that await.

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