A mind-blowing rollercoaster ride of a space opera, propulsive and strange in the best way." - Rebecca Roanhorse, New York Times bestselling author "This is Joan of Arc meets Gideon the Ninth with a touch of Pacific Rim thrown in as a treat. (Sept.)Ĭorrection: An earlier version of this review incorrectly noted that the author had won a Nebula award.A Goodreads Best Science Fiction Choice Award NomineeĪ New York Public Library Top 10 Book of 2022Īn immersive, electrifying space-fantasy, Neon Yang's debut novel The Genesis of Misery is full of high-tech space battles and political machinations, starring a queer and diverse array of pilots, princesses, and prophetic heirs. Themes of faith, suffering, queerness, and duty are given plenty of room to breathe as Misery and their ragtag gang of friends struggle to navigate a universe as complex and gorgeously rendered as it is hostile to those on its margins. Yang’s prose is lush and gripping throughout, and they accomplish the tall order of seamlessly weaving worldbuilding into the dynamic motion of the story, incorporating fascinating details without ever risking expository fatigue.
As the increasingly powerful voice of the angel that Misery hears in their head draws them into a galaxy-wide political conflict, they must decide whether to trust new allies, including the intense and magnetic royal renegade Lady Lee Alodia Lightning, and determine whether their purpose is truly divine-or irreversibly damned.
Misery Nomaki, an apparently unremarkable resident of a down-and-out mining planet, is able to shape and manipulate holystone, a skill only available to two classes of people: saints of a holy order and those in the lethal throes of voidmadness.
In this vibrant tour de force, Yang ( The Black Tides of Heaven) presents a simultaneous embrace and inversion of Chosen One narratives.
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