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Title Statement | Inversion / Aric McBay. |
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Series | Black dawn series (AK Press) |
Author | McBay, Aric |
Publication | Chico, CA: AK Press,[2023]©2023 |
Edition | Mass Market |
Extent of Item | 207 pages ; |
ISBN | 9781849355049 (paperback) |
Other Number | pr07224033 |
Summary | "Char and her family are among the nomadic Summer people of Germinal who tend to the rich biodiversity of their world through reciprocity and ritual. They must forever travel to stay ahead of the walls of fire that approach like clockwork, bringing with them both loss and renewal. The flamewalls divide their world into threes: three seasons and three ways of life, separating their community from the Spring and Winter people, about whom they must never ask. Char is the first to spot the landing vessels bearing militaristic invaders, whose intentions are far beyond her worldview. Graft is a captive servitor and personal attendant to the Conquis, the leader of the encroaching forces. The last survivor of a culture annihilated by conquest. Graft is tortured by grief and determined to avoid notice, but he soon recognizes how unprepared Char and her people are for what's ahead. As one unsettling discovery leads to another, the intruders find the nature of this strange land troubling and its denizens odd--perhaps nonhuman. When the mission turns darker, the inhabitants of Germinal must learn to defend themselves or lose everything. Inversion stages an experiment in new possibilities of living, a tale of social struggle set in a wildly unique universe animated by questions of climate collapse and collective action."--Back cover. |
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