Science Fiction · DarkRaised on Gaea Station after the Majo War destroyed Earth, a young woman named Kyr comes of age
Some Desperate Glory
by Emily Tesh
A young woman grows up on a station that remembers a lost Earth
Tordotcom published the novel in April 2023, and it runs to 448 pages. It is Emily Tesh's first full-length novel, after the Greenhollow Duology novellas. It is set after the Majo War, which destroyed Earth and killed fourteen billion humans. Survivors either live within majo society or on the separatist Gaea Station. Kyr, her twin brother Magnus, Avi, Yiso, Ursa and Commander Aulus Jole are among the characters.
More about this book
Who
Valkyr "Kyr", her twin brother Magnus, Avi, Yiso, Ursa and Commander Aulus Jole.
World
Gaea Station, after the Majo War destroyed Earth.
What makes it different
It is Tesh's first full-length novel. It won the 2024 Hugo and was shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award.
Feel
Fierce and sad.
Page count and cover shown for: Selected edition
Further reading
- Some Desperate GloryWikipedia