Instant National Bestseller and International Bestseller Sunday Times Bestseller An Indie Next Pick A LibraryReads Pick With three starred reviews! A Best Of Pick for The Guardian GoodReads Publishers Weekly Powell''s Gizmodo Book Riot LitHub Financial Times Discover Sci-Fi Locus NPR Library Journal " Some Desperate Glory surprised me at every turn. At once a space thriller, a tale of deprogramming, and a missive on identity and meaning, the result is a vitally refreshing addition to the SFF genre . This book has earned a permanent place on my favorites shelf."--V. E. Schwab, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue " Some Desperate Glory is honest, unflinchingly so. This book will hurt you and you will say thank you. It has everything you''d want in a queer space opera--wit and imagination and adventure, all within a brilliantly constructed world with an ''unlikable'' and wholly irresistible lead.
Reading this feels like bearing witness to something revolutionary. It will change you for the better. "--Olivie Blake, New York Times bestselling author of The Atlas Six "This is the sort of debut novel every novelist hopes to write. Spectacular from page one. "--John Scalzi, New York Times bestselling author of The Kaiju Preservation Society "Masterful, audacious storytelling. Relentless, unsentimental, a completely wild ride. I had a time . Talk about Mass Effect beating up Brave New World in a dark alley.
"--Tamsyn Muir, New York Times bestselling author of The Locked Tomb series "Tesh crams in enough wild inventiveness for an entire trilogy, wrapped around an emotional core that''s powerful and urgent and unmistakably real ."-- M. R. Carey, author of The Girl with All the Gifts "Kyr is a revelatory hero--never have I so fervently wished the worst for someone, only to end up cheering for them. Fierce and heartbreakingly humane, this book is for everyone who loved E nder''s Game , but Ender''s Game didn''t love them back. "--Shelley Parker-Chan, Sunday Times bestselling author of She Who Became the Sun "A fantastic, engrossing space opera filled with found family and an incredible character arc as Kyr grows and learns the truth of the universe."- Library Journal , Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of 2023 "Raw and action-packed. This riveting adventure deserves a space on shelves alongside genre titans like Ursula K.
Le Guin and Octavia Butler ."-- Publishers Weekly, starred review "A monumental journey. An intriguing space opera and study of radicalization, indoctrination, and what happens when one breaks free in the most absolute way ."- Library Journal , starred review "Bound to make waves as one of the best sf novels of 2023 . Fans of She-Ra and the Princesses of Power will fall hard for this story . [It''s anventure, all within a brilliantly constructed world with an ''unlikable'' and wholly irresistible lead. Reading this feels like bearing witness to something revolutionary. It will change you for the better.
"--Olivie Blake, New York Times bestselling author of The Atlas Six "This is the sort of debut novel every novelist hopes to write. Spectacular from page one. "--John Scalzi, New York Times bestselling author of The Kaiju Preservation Society "Masterful, audacious storytelling. Relentless, unsentimental, a completely wild ride. I had a time . Talk about Mass Effect beating up Brave New World in a dark alley. "--Tamsyn Muir, New York Times bestselling author of The Locked Tomb series "Tesh crams in enough wild inventiveness for an entire trilogy, wrapped around an emotional core that''s powerful and urgent and unmistakably real ."-- M.
R. Carey, author of The Girl with All the Gifts "Kyr is a revelatory hero--never have I so fervently wished the worst for someone, only to end up cheering for them. Fierce and heartbreakingly humane, this book is for everyone who loved E nder''s Game , but Ender''s Game didn''t love them back. "--Shelley Parker-Chan, Sunday Times bestselling author of She Who Became the Sun "A fantastic, engrossing space opera filled with found family and an incredible character arc as Kyr grows and learns the truth of the universe."- Library Journal , Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of 2023 "Raw and action-packed. This riveting adventure deserves a space on shelves alongside genre titans like Ursula K. Le Guin and Octavia Butler ."-- Publishers Weekly, starred review "A monumental journey.
An intriguing space opera and study of radicalization, indoctrination, and what happens when one breaks free in the most absolute way ."- Library Journal , starred review "Bound to make waves as one of the best sf novels of 2023 . Fans of She-Ra and the Princesses of Power will fall hard for this story . [It''s an "Kyr is a revelatory hero--never have I so fervently wished the worst for someone, only to end up cheering for them. Fierce and heartbreakingly humane, this book is for everyone who loved E nder''s Game , but Ender''s Game didn''t love them back. "--Shelley Parker-Chan, Sunday Times bestselling author of She Who Became the Sun "A fantastic, engrossing space opera filled with found family and an incredible character arc as Kyr grows and learns the truth of the universe."- Library Journal , Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of 2023 "Raw and action-packed. This riveting adventure deserves a space on shelves alongside genre titans like Ursula K.
Le Guin and Octavia Butler ."-- Publishers Weekly, starred review "A monumental journey. An intriguing space opera and study of radicalization, indoctrination, and what happens when one breaks free in the most absolute way ."- Library Journal , starred review "Bound to make waves as one of the best sf novels of 2023 . Fans of She-Ra and the Princesses of Power will fall hard for this story . [It''s anBound to make waves as one of the best sf novels of 2023 . Fans of She-Ra and the Princesses of Power will fall hard for this story . [It''s anventure, all within a brilliantly constructed world with an ''unlikable'' and wholly irresistible lead.
Reading this feels like bearing witness to something revolutionary. It will change you for the better. "--Olivie Blake, New York Times bestselling author of The Atlas Six "This is the sort of debut novel every novelist hopes to write. Spectacular from page one. "--John Scalzi, New York Times bestselling author of The Kaiju Preservation Society "Masterful, audacious storytelling. Relentless, unsentimental, a completely wild ride. I had a time . Talk about Mass Effect beating up Brave New World in a dark alley.
"--Tamsyn Muir, New York Times bestselling author of The Locked Tomb series "Tesh crams in enough wild inventiveness for an entire trilogy, wrapped around an emotional core that''s powerful and urgent and unmistakably real ."-- M. R. Carey, author of The Girl with All the Gifts "Kyr is a revelatory hero--never have I so fervently wished the worst for someone, only to end up cheering for them. Fierce and heartbreakingly humane, this book is for everyone who loved E nder''s Game , but Ender''s Game didn''t love them back. "--Shelley Parker-Chan, Sunday Times bestselling author of She Who Became the Sun "A fantastic, engrossing space opera filled with found family and an incredible character arc as Kyr grows and learns the truth of the universe."- Library Journal , Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of 2023 "Raw and action-packed. This riveting adventure deserves a space on shelves alongside genre titans like Ursula K.
Le Guin and Octavia Butler ."-- Publishers Weekly, starred review "A monumental journey. An intriguing space opera and study of radicalization, indoctrination, and what happens when one breaks free in the most absolute way ."- Library Journal , starred review "Bound to make waves as one of the best sf novels of 2023 . Fans of She-Ra and the Princesses of Power will fall hard for this story . [It''s anventure, all within a brilliantly constructed world with an ''unlikable'' and wholly irresistible lead. Reading this feels like bearing witness to something revolutionary. It will change you for the better.
"--Olivie Blake, New York Times bestselling author of The Atlas Six "This is the sort of debut novel every novelist hopes to write. Spectacular from page one. "--John Scalzi, New York Times bestselling author of The Kaiju Preservation Society "Masterful, audacious storytelling. Relentless, unsentimental, a completely wild ride. I had a time . Talk about Mass Effect beating up Brave New World in a dark alley. "--Tamsyn Muir, New York Times bestselling author of Th.