Aliette de Bodard

'A great sapphic sci-fi' — Samantha Shannon Xich Si: bot maker, data analyst, mother, scavenger. But those days are over now—her ship has just been captured by the Red Banner pirate fleet, famous for their double-dealing and cruelty. Xich Si expects to be tortured to death—only for the pirates' enigmatic leader, Rice Fish, to arrive with a different and shocking...

Fire burns bright and has a long memory... Quiet, thoughtful princess Thanh was sent away as a hostage to the powerful faraway country of Ephteria as a child. Now she's returned to her mother's imperial court, haunted not only by memories of her first romance, but by worrying magical echoes of a fire that devastated Ephteria's royal palace. Thanh's new...

The Scattered Pearls Belt is a string of habitats under tight military rule, where the powerful have become all too comfortable in their positions and their corruption. But change is coming, with the arrival of Quynh: the mysterious and enigmatic Alchemist of Streams and Hills. To Minh, daughter of the ruling prefect of the Belt, Quynh represents a chance for...