An Accident of Stars
Book I in The Manifold Worlds Series
by Foz Meadows
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Pub Date 2 Aug 2016 | Archive Date 18 Jun 2016
Angry Robot Books | Angry Robot
Description
When Saffron Coulter stumbles through a hole in reality, she finds herself trapped in Kena—a magical realm on the brink of civil war. It’s there that her fate becomes intertwined with that of three very different women: Zech, the fast-thinking acolyte of a cunning, powerful exile; Viya, the spoiled, runaway consort of the empire-building ruler, Vex Leoden; and Gwen, an Earth-born worldwalker whose greatest regret is putting Leoden on the throne. But Leoden has allies, too, and chief among them is the Vex’Mara Kadeja, a dangerous ex-priestess who shares his dreams of conquest.
Pursued by Leoden and aided by the Shavaktiin—a secretive order of storytellers and mystics—the rebels flee to Veksh, a neighboring matriarchy ruled by the fearsome Council of Queens. Saffron is out of her world and out of her depth, but the further she travels, the more she finds herself bound to her friends with ties of blood and magic. Can one girl—and an accidental worldwalker at that—really be the key to saving Kena? Or will she die trying?
Advance Praise
“A portal
fantasy for grownups, with grit and realism,
and characters I loved from
the first page.”
- Trudi Canavan, author of the Black Magician trilogy
An Accident of Stars‘ interwoven, beautifully
rendered cultures are filled
with rich details, complex family bonds of all kinds, and deeply layered
politics.
To enter Kena and the surrounding lands is to be irrevocably and powerfully
changed.
Foz Meadows has created an epic adventure unlike any I’ve read before.”
- Fran Wilde,
Nebula- and Norton-nominated author of Updraft and Cloudbound
“Reminiscent of
Ursula K. LeGuin, An Accident of Stars will
take you to a lush, magical new world.”
– Laura Lam
“I
very much enjoyed this. The main character falls out of our world into a
life-changing adventure, with compelling characters and a fascinating world.
I can’t wait to read the next book.”
– Martha Wells, author of The Books of Raksura
“An Accident of Stars is
anchored in dozens of complex women, driven by the rooted, deep relationships they
have with each other. It’s a wonderful, rich, feminist book, and I loved it.”
– B R Sanders,
author of Ariah
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Available Editions
| EDITION | Ebook |
| ISBN | 9780857665867 |
| PRICE | US$7.99 (USD) |
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