The Red Scholar's Wake

Shortlisted for the 2023 Arthur C. Clarke Award

By: Aliette de Bodard

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Hardcover | 28 March 2023 | Edition Number 1

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Shortlisted for the 2023 BSFA Award for Best Novel, shortlisted for the 2023 Arthur C. Clarke Award!

Xich Si: bot maker, data analyst, mother, scavenger. But those days are over now-her ship has just been captured by the Red Banner pirate fleet, famous for their double-dealing and cruelty. Xich Si expects to be tortured to death-only for the pirates' enigmatic leader, Rice Fish, to arrive with a different and shocking proposition: an arranged marriage between Xich Si and herself.

Rice Fish: sentient ship, leader of the infamous Red Banner pirate fleet, wife of the Red Scholar. Or at least, she was the latter before her wife died under suspicious circumstances. Now isolated and alone, Rice Fish wants Xich Si's help to find out who struck against them and why. Marrying Xich Si means Rice Fish can offer Xich Si protection, in exchange for Xich Si's technical fluency: a business arrangement with nothing more to it.

But as the investigation goes on, Rice Fish and Xich Si find themselves falling for each other. As the interstellar war against piracy intensifies and the five fleets start fighting each other, they will have to make a stand-and to decide what kind of future they have together...

An exciting space opera and a beautiful romance, from an exceptional SF author.

Industry Reviews

Space battles! Arranged marriage! Politics and pirates! Aliette de Bodard has a knack for concocting the most glittery and delicious candy-shell of space opera, and then filling it with a bittersweet romance between two fractured people trying to hold on to their ideals. Every new book of hers instantly becomes my favourite book of hers, and this was no exception - Freya Marske, author of international bestseller A Marvellous Light

A "read-in-one-sitting" novel with a beautifully-realized setting amid a complex examination of power and consequences, all intertwined with an intense and gripping romance. - Kate Elliott, author of Unconquerable Sun

Thrillingly exciting and achingly romantic, The Red Scholar's Wake is rich with political intrigue and piratical adventure. It took my breath away! - Stephanie Burgis, author of Snowspelled and Scales and Sensibility

Space pirates, a marriage of convenience, and a world that feels really fresh--you don't want to miss this one!

An epic tale of piracy and romance in the void of space. A new book from Aliette de Bodard is always a treasure

Confident, sexy, and touching - gives a whole new meaning to the phrase 'star-crossed lovers'!

An epic, deft exploration of motherhood, idealism and love against the vast backdrop of space. Sweeping and devastatingly romantic, The Red Scholar's Wake is not to be missed - Tasha Suri, award-winning author of THE JASMINE THRONE

A fizzingly inventive space opera, quite unlike anything I've encountered before, and told with style, grace, and a big dose of heart. SF is lucky to have Aliette de Bodard - Alastair Reynolds, SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author

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