An Unkindness of Ghosts
Brooklyn, New York, USA : Akashic Books, [2017]
Format: Book
Description: 349 pages ; 21 cm
"Aster has little to offer folks in the way of rebuttal when they call her ogre and freak. She's used to the names; she only wishes there was more truth to them. If she were truly a monster, she'd be powerful enough to tear down the walls around her until nothing remains of her world. Aster lives in the lowdeck slums of the HSS Matilda, a space vessel organized much like the antebellum South. For generations, Matilda has ferried the last of humanity to a mythical Promised Land. On its way, the ship's leaders have imposed harsh moral restrictions and deep indignities on dark-skinned sharecroppers like Aster. Embroiled in a grudge with a brutal overseer, Aster learns there may be a way to improve her lot--if she's willing to sow the seeds of civil war"--Page 4 of cover.
Subjects:
Slavery -- Fiction.
Racism -- Fiction.
Equality -- Fiction.
Interplanetary voyages -- Fiction.
Government, Resistance to -- Fiction.
Slavery -- Fiction.
Racism -- Fiction.
Equality -- Fiction.
Interplanetary voyages -- Fiction.
Government, Resistance to -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9781617755880
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
SF Solomon | Main (Downtown) | Second Level, Science Fiction | In |
SF Solomon | Main (Downtown) | Display - First Level, Science Fiction | Out (Due: 5/6/2024) |