164 pages
Published 2024
Read from March 8 to March 14
Rating: 4 out of 5
Virika Sameroo’s family sacrifices much to escape the poverty and drudgery of life on colonized Orinoco. Believing the stories of order and a better life, Virika grows up to become the first captain of Antillean descent in the empire’s merchant marine fleet. But that only makes her a target for the racist colonial government, who brand her a traitor and send her to rot on a prison planet.
This is a beautifully queer and fiercely anticolonialist space opera, a richly realized and quick-moving novella of complicated loyalties and revolutionary spirit. It would be a vital and rewarding read at any time, but is particularly so in the world of 2025. As Virika says, “The people want change, and one day, led by you or not, it will happen.”
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