Tra i nuovi autori da tenere d'occhio c'è sicuramente la giovane scrittrice americana di origini coreane
La sua opera gira attorno alla Trilogia Machineries of Empire, già vincitrice del premio Locus e finalista agli Hugo, Clarke e Nebula
Quest'estate è in uscita la sua nuova raccolta di racconti sul mercato anglosassone!
La sinossi di Ninefox Gambit, primo volume della trilogia delle Machineries of Empire (inglese):
To win an impossible war Captain Kel Cheris must awaken an ancient weapon and a despised traitor general. Captain Kel Cheris of the hexarchate is disgraced for using unconventional methods in a battle against heretics. Kel Command gives her the opportunity to redeem herself by retaking the Fortress of Scattered Needles, a star fortress that has recently been captured by heretics. Cheris's career isn't the only thing at stake. If the fortress falls, the hexarchate itself might be next.
Cheris's best hope is to ally with the undead tactician Shuos Jedao. The good news is that Jedao has never lost a battle, and he may be the only one who can figure out how to successfully besiege the fortress. The bad news is that Jedao went mad in his first life and massacred two armies, one of them his own. As the siege wears on, Cheris must decide how far she can trust Jedao--because she might be his next victim.
Breathtakingly original space opera.
N. K. Jemisin
I love Yoon s work! Full of battles and political intrigue, in a beautifully built far-future that manages to be human and alien at the same time.
Ann Leckie
L'autore
Yoon Ha Lee's novel Ninefox Gambit came out from Solaris in 2016 and quickly garnered massive critical acclaim and was short-listed for the Arthur C. Clarke, Hugo and Nebula Awards. It won the Best First Novel Award in the Locus Awards and the Reddit Fantasy Award. His story collection Conservation of Shadows was released by Prime Books in 2013. He lives in Louisiana with his family and an extremely lazy cat, and has not yet been eaten by gators.
Machineries of Empire è una serie di fantascienza militare che segue le vicende del capitano Kel Cheris e del traditore Shuos Jedao all'interno di giochi di potere tra le fazioni di un dispotico impero interstellare.
La serie Machineries of Empire ha una media di 4/5 su goodreads basata su un totale di ca. 18.000 voti
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