Independance Day meets Lord of the Flies in this "thrilling and imaginative" debut about two young outsiders forced to fight off alien invaders in a post-apocalyptic city. (Fonda Lee)
When the aliens invade, all seems lost. The world as they know it is destroyed. Their friends are kidnapped. Their families are changed.
But with no adults left to run things, young trans-girl Violet and her new friend Bo realize that they are free. Free to do whatever they want. Free to be whoever they want to be.
Except the invaders won't leave them alone for long...
This "warm, thrilling adventure about what happens after the end of the world" is for fans of Paolo Bacigalupi and Ann Leckie. (Cherie Priest)
About the Author
Rich Larson was born in Galmi, Niger, to an American father and a Canadian mother. He has since lived in Grande Prairie, Alberta, studied in both Edmonton and in Providence, Rhode Island, and worked in a small Spanish town outside Seville. He currently writes from Ottawa, Canada. His speculative fiction has been translated into Polish and Italian, featured on io9, and appears in numerous Year's Best anthologies.
Rich has received the Dell Award and Rannu Prize for Writers of Speculative Fiction, while his literary short work has been nominated for both the Pushcart and Journey Prize. He was a semifinalist for the Norman Mailer Poetry Prize. Alongside writing, he enjoys soccer, basketball, foreign languages, travel, sketching, and pool.
Industry Reviews
"An energetic, nonstop adventure."--Chicago Tribune
"Deftly plotted and packing a few interesting twists, Annex delivers."--Kirkus
"Insightful and piercing."--B&N Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog
"Annex's combination of a likable and diverse cast of characters with breakneck, engaging action-all against the background of an evocative and sinister world-make it an accomplished and impressive debut."--Booklist
"An exciting twist on a hostile-alien-takeover drama...exhilarating."--Washington Post
"Larson's breakneck pace end up making [Annex] exhilarating, and well worth waiting for the next volume."--Locus
"Rich Larson has an amazing knack for capturing the lonesomeness of growing up, and how much random cruelty and steadfast companionship there is in childhood. Not to mention, just how alien and scary families can be."--Charlie Jane Anders, author of All the Birds in the Sky
"A thrilling and imaginative entry into the alien invasion genre with two fierce and desperate young protagonists you won't be able to stop rooting for."--Fonda Lee, Nebula-nominated author of Jade City
"Annex is a ferocious sci-fi fairy tale--a warm, thrilling adventure about what happens after the end of the world. Both epic and intimate in equal measure, this one's a joy and a blast, from beginning to end."--Cherie Priest, author of Boneshaker and I Am Princess X
"Rich Larson presents a uniquely compelling apocalypse--equal parts frightening and touching."--Alex White, author of A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe
"Wunderkind Rich Larson's Annex gives us nonstop action set pieces as breathtakingly clever as they are relentless and a vivid, compelling cast. Sequels now, please!"--Mike Allen, author of Unseaming
