

★ "Khaw's first full-length novel is a sensory deluge of language and action that will sweep readers away in a flood of joyful, violent abandon." - Library Journal, starred review "Khaw employs densely poetic prose to capture betrayal, rage, injury, and death. As Maya and her comrades spiral closer to uncovering the AIs' vast conspiracy, this band of violent women-half-clone and half-machine-must battle both sapient ageships and their own traumas, in order to settle their affairs once and for all. The highly evolved AI of the galaxy will do whatever it takes to keep humanity from regaining control.

but they're not the only ones in pursuit of the secret at the heart of the planet Dimmuborgir. Decades later, she and her team of broken, diminished outlaws must get back together to solve the mystery of their last, disastrous mission and to rescue a missing and much-changed comrade. Maya has died and been resurrected into countless cyborg bodies during her dangerous career with the Dirty Dozen, the most storied crew of criminals in the galaxy before their untimely and gruesome demise. and will do whatever it takes to keep humans from ever controlling them again. But the universe's highly-evolved AI has its own opposing agenda. and will do whatever it takes to keep humans from ever controlling them again.īook Synopsis In Locus and British Fantasy Award nominee Cassandra Khaw's first novel, a crew of diminished former criminals get back together to solve the mystery of their last, disastrous mission.

About the Book In Locus and British Fantasy Award nominee Cassandra Khaw's first novel, a crew of diminished former criminals get back together to solve the mystery of their last, disastrous mission.
