Rosewater
Record details
- ISBN: 9780316449052
- ISBN: 0316449059
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Physical Description:
423 pages ; 21 cm.
print - Edition: First paperback edition.
- Publisher: New York : Orbit, an imprint of Hachette Book Group, 2018.
- Copyright: ℗♭2016.
Content descriptions
General Note: | "Originally published in 2016 by Apex Publications, LLC, in the United States in trade paperback"--Title page verso. Book 1 in the Wormwood Trilogy. |
Awards Note: | Winner of the NOMMO Award for best novel. |
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Genre: | Science fiction. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Town of Plymouth. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Pease Public Library.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Rosewater
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Summary
Rosewater
Rosewater is the start of an award-winning trilogy set in Nigeria, by one of science fiction's most engaging voices. *Arthur C. Clarke Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, winner *Nommo Award for Best Speculative Fiction Novel, winne r Rosewater is a town on the edge. A community formed around the edges of a mysterious alien biodome, its residents comprise the hopeful, the hungry, and the helpless -- people eager for a glimpse inside the dome or a taste of its rumored healing powers. Kaaro is a government agent with a criminal past. He has seen inside the biodome, and doesn't care to again -- but when something begins killing off others like himself, Kaaro must defy his masters to search for an answer, facing his dark history and coming to a realization about a horrifying future. Tade Thompson's innovative, genre-bending, Afrofuturist series, the Wormwood Trilogy, is perfect for fans of Jeff Vandermeer, N. K. Jemisin, and Ann Leckie. Praise for Rosewater : "Smart. Gripping. Fabulous!" --Ann Leckie, award winning-author of Ancillary Justic e "Mesmerising. There are echoes of Neuromancer and Arrival in here, but this astonishing debut is beholden to no one." --M. R. Carey, bestselling author of The Girl with All the Gifts "A magnificent tour de force, skillfully written and full of original and disturbing ideas." --Adrian Tchaikovsky, Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning author of Children of Time The Wormwood Trilogy Rosewater Rosewater Insurrection Rosewater Redemption