Synopsis

The paperback release of 2024’s stunning meditation on war and violence by an award-winning author.The Empires of Varkal and Medariz have always been at war. Alefret, the founder of Varkals pacifist resistance, was bombed and maimed by his own government, locked up in a secret prison and tortured by a visionary scientist. But now theyre offering him a chance of freedom. Ordered to infiltrate one of Medarizs flying cities, obeying the bloodthirsty zealot Qhudur, he must find fellow anti-war activists in the enemys population and provoke them into an uprising against their rulers. He should refuse to serve the warmongers, but what if he could end this pointless war once and for all? Is that worth compromising his own morals and the principles of his fellow resistance members?

About The Author

Premee Mohamed is a Nebula, World Fantasy, and Aurora award-winning Indo-Caribbean scientist and speculative fiction author based in Edmonton, Alberta. She has also been a finalist for the Hugo, Ignyte, British Fantasy, and Crawford awards. She is an Assistant Editor at the short fiction audio venue Escape Pod and the author of the Beneath the Rising series of novels as well as several novellas. Her short fiction has appeared in many venues.

This is a standard paperback/soft cover version.