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Slow Gods is the galaxy-spanning tale of one man’s impossible life charted against the fate of humanity amongst the stars—a powerfully imaginative space opera from multi-award-winning author Claire North.
My name is Mawukana na-Vdnaze, and I am a very poor copy of myself.
In telling my story, there are certain things I should perhaps lie about. I should make myself a hero. Pretend I was not used by strangers and gods, did not leave people behind.
Here is one truth: out there in deep space, in the pilot’s chair, I died. And then, I was reborn. I became something not quite human, something that could speak to the infinite dark. And I vowed to become the scourge of the world that wronged me.
This is the story of the supernova event that burned planets and felled civilizations. This is also the story of the many lives I’ve lived since I died for the first time.
Are you listening?
My name is Mawukana na-Vdnaze, and I am a very poor copy of myself.
In telling my story, there are certain things I should perhaps lie about. I should make myself a hero. Pretend I was not used by strangers and gods, did not leave people behind.
Here is one truth: out there in deep space, in the pilot’s chair, I died. And then, I was reborn. I became something not quite human, something that could speak to the infinite dark. And I vowed to become the scourge of the world that wronged me.
This is the story of the supernova event that burned planets and felled civilizations. This is also the story of the many lives I’ve lived since I died for the first time.
Are you listening?
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Praise
Praise for Claire North:
"Claire North brings a powerful, fresh and unflinching voice to ancient myth—darkly fascinating, raw and breathtaking." —Jennifer Saint on Ithaca
"One of the best books I've read in recent years...packs a hell of an emotional punch." —Adrian Tchaikovsky on Notes from the Burning Age
"An eerily plausible dystopian masterpiece, as harrowing as it is brilliant." —Emily St. John Mandel on 84K
"An astonishing re-invention of the time travel narrative. Bold, magical and masterful." —M. R. Carey on The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
"Claire North brings a powerful, fresh and unflinching voice to ancient myth—darkly fascinating, raw and breathtaking." —Jennifer Saint on Ithaca
"One of the best books I've read in recent years...packs a hell of an emotional punch." —Adrian Tchaikovsky on Notes from the Burning Age
"An eerily plausible dystopian masterpiece, as harrowing as it is brilliant." —Emily St. John Mandel on 84K
"An astonishing re-invention of the time travel narrative. Bold, magical and masterful." —M. R. Carey on The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August