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“Fierce, febrile, austere, and melancholy, Psychopomp keeps you rooting (and afraid) for Young till the very end.”
—C. S. E. Cooney,
World Fantasy Award-winning author of
Saint Death’s Daughter
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“PSYCHOPOMP is science fiction at its best, exploring questions large and small about how we structure our society, extract resources from nature, and survive as individuals. It's propulsive and twisty and atmospheric as hell. Get in the space elevator, loser. We're going for a ride.”
—Yume Kitasei,
Author of
THE DEEP SKY and THE STARDUST GRAIL
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“...a visceral psychological foray that artfully pulls the genre rug from your feet...there’s no better author than Dong to both bring us into the labyrinth of the human mind and guide us out again.”
—Elaine Cho,
Author of
Ocean’s Godori
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“...secrets unravel piece by piece in this richly drawn and complex, ache- and angst-driven sci-fi thriller.”
—Ai Jiang,
Nebula and Bram Stoker award-winning author of
Linghun
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“Psychopomp is a gripping deep space thriller packed with tension and inhabited by complex characters exploring how to live in a world designed to oppress and use them. Along with main character, Young, readers will hurtle headlong through this story, not knowing who to trust.”
—Angela Sylvaine,
Author of
Frost Bite
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“...a cinematic sci-fi thriller...a journey of secrets and self-discovery.”
—Catherine McCarthy,
author of
Mosaic and The House at the End of Lacelean Street
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“Psychopomp’s main character is a powerful study in alienation, instability, and mistrust. Young is the perfect reflection of a society that takes capitalism to its dystopian extreme, and her compromised ability to connect with others is the horrifying—and oddly hopeful—key to freedom in this claustrophobic, tightly-plotted thriller.”
—Octavia Cade,
author of
You Are My Sunshine and Other Stories and The Impossible Resurrection of Grief
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“...brutal, intense, and breathtakingly introspective. Beautifully written and full of cosmic emotional gravity, this shadowy sci-fi world comes alive with vast twisting secrets and darkly intricate characters.”
—Amanda Cecelia Lang,
Author of
Saturday Fright at the Movies
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“...a riveting page-turner set in an intriguing and tidally locked planet-moon system. Dong is clearly a master of the craft.”
—Renan Bernardo,
Nebula and Ignyte finalist and author of
DISGRACED RETURN OF THE KAP’S NEEDLE
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“A smart, sharp book whose dark vision of the future feels mirror-perfect to our current system--and equally ready to be shattered.”
—Aimee Ogden,
author of Nebula Award Finalist novella
Sun-Daughters, Sea-Daughters
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“....thrums with moments of transcendent beauty. This is a book that will have you helplessly reading deep into the night, burrowing into its pages like Young burrows into the moon.”
—Jennifer Hudak
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“...an unflinching, brutally honest dive into heartache, depression, and resilience. Dong pulls no punches...a riveting story about courage, and ultimately, self belief.”
—Eliane Boey,
Author of
Club Contango
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“Haunting, atmospheric, gloom-tinged with a crystalline beauty. A gut-punch illuminating the weight of power, desperation, loneliness, and survivalism—Psychopomp is a fever dream and a pioneering SF triumph”
—Belicia Rhea,
author of
Voracious
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“In PSYCHOMPOMP, Maria Dong breathes new life into the classic science fiction elements of corporate-state dominance, the corruption of the natural world, and the repression of a people, to craft a tale of the irresistible power of truth and connection. Intimate and epic in equal measure, this book won’t let you go.”
—Patrick Barb,
author of
Helicopter Parenting in the Age of Drone Warfare and JK-LOL