Some Desperate Glory

Books | Fiction / Science Fiction / Action & Adventure

3.3

Emily Tesh

Instant National Bestseller and International Bestseller!Hugo Award Winner for Best Novel!Arthur C. Clarke Award Finalist!Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction Finalist!A thrillingly told queer space opera about the wreckage of war, the family you find, and who you must become when every choice is stripped from you, Some Desperate Glory is Astounding Award Winner Emily Tesh’s explosive debut novel."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"Masterful, audacious storytelling. Relentless, unsentimental, a completely wild ride."—Tamsyn Muir"This is the sort of debut novel every novelist hopes to write."—John Scalzi"Deserves a space on shelves alongside Ursula K. Le Guin and Octavia Butler."—Publishers Weekly (starred review)National Bestseller | Sunday Times Bestseller | An Indie Next Pick | A LibraryReads Pick | a Goodreads Choice Finalist | With three starred reviews!A Best Of Pick for The Guardian | GoodReads | Publishers Weekly | Powell's | Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Audible | Gizmodo | Book Riot | LitHub | Financial Times | Discover Sci-Fi | Locus | NPR | Library JournalWhile we live, the enemy shall fear us.Since she was born, Kyr has trained for the day she can avenge the murder of planet Earth. Raised in the bowels of Gaea Station alongside the last scraps of humanity, she readies herself to face the Wisdom, the powerful, reality-shaping weapon that gave the majoda their victory over humanity.They are what’s left. They are what must survive. Kyr is one of the best warriors of her generation, the sword of a dead planet. When Command assigns her brother to certain death and relegates her to Nursery to bear sons until she dies trying, she knows she must take humanity's revenge into her own hands.Alongside her brother’s brilliant but seditious friend and a lonely, captive alien, Kyr escapes from everything she’s known into a universe far more complicated than she was taught and far more wondrous than she could have imagined.

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Author

Emily Tesh

Pages

448

Publisher

Tor Publishing Group

Published Date

2023-04-11

ISBN

1250834988 9781250834980

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"Thank you to Emily Tesh and Tor for the super early advanced reader's copy - physical copy at that! When I cracked this book open, the first thing I saw was the list of trigger warnings, and immediately paused, anxious. Then I continued and started reading and for the life of me, I could. not. put. it. down. I literally ran out of annotation tabs that my parents had just gotten me for christmas reading this book! Once I got a little into the book, I realized - or at least it seemed to me - likely to be a commentary on military - especially with there being a non fiction of the same/similar name about world war I. [bc:Some Desperate Glory: The World War I Diary of a British Officer, 1917|625692|Some Desperate Glory The World War I Diary of a British Officer, 1917|Edwin Campion Vaughan|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1265506559l/625692._SX50_.jpg|612046] I feel like the hard hitting and triggering topics were handled super well and I loved the character arc that Kyr goes through - I even ranted to a friend about it and almost - ok fine I teared up when it was over, especially assuming this is a standalone. I cannot wait to have a hardcover copy in my hands in April. The writing was so exquisite, and I believe this is the author's first full length novel? And if that's correct, this is one hell of a way to break into the novel industry and I feel so thankful and lucky to have gotten to read this so ahead of time. I even had a bookmark from my youngest sibling for christmas that perfectly matched that will be in the instagram review posts! It's been a while since I've even been interested in science fiction, much less a space opera, and this did it for me, but good luck replicating whatever this book did because I don't think I can read anyone else even attempt to replicate this sort of story. Phew, did I make it without spoilers? I shall be returning in April to update with ALL the spoilers because there are lines that are spoilers that I need to share ugh!"

Jillian Selwyn

"Okay, what an amazing story. The only reason I'm giving it 4 stars instead of 5 is because sometimes the details were a bit hard to follow and I did spend a good chunk of time reading this confused. First of all, the character growth for Kyr was so good. She was a straight up jerk for more than half of this book, and it was really hard to like her. She treated people (and aliens) like crap and was so singularly focused on being the best - it was hard to like her. But the slow way she started to realize this about herself and the small ways she started to change were just perfect. And while we're talking about character growth - I loved Avi. I love that even though, yes, he was ultimately kind of a bad guy, he was still a good guy too without the author having to completely change who he was. He was a perfect example of morally grey, in my opinion. The multiple dimensions were written really well. They made sense and they were integral to the story and Kyr's development. Lastly - Yiso!! All the hugs for Yiso. Overall, a great read for any scifi lover!"