More trans femmes on the shortlist lets goooooooooo. Quickly falling in with the pirate crew who has found her, she must race against time to stop a plague from being unleashed by the evil that has taken root in Hainak. Hugo nominations close tomorrow Im eligible for Best Novel (The Dawnhounds), Best Short Story (Kaitiakitanga, Boston Review) and The Astounding Award. Resurrected by an ancient power, she finds herself with the new ability to manipulate life force. When she stumbles across a dead body on her patrol, two fellow officers gruesomely murder her and dump her into the harbor. It is 342 pages, priced at 17.99 in trade paperback and 13.99 in digital formats. Stronach debuts and launches the Against the Quiet series with an. The Dawnhounds was published by Saga Press on June 14, 2022. Saga, 17.99 trade paper (352p) ISBN 978-1-98. She’s barely holding it together, haunted by memories of a lover who vanished and voices that float in and out of her head like radio signals. The Dawnhounds is the opening novel in The Endsong sequence. This is the story of a cop, discriminated against for her sexuality and class, and in over her head. Brief review: This is a wild novel that tries to do a lot of things and I like that. Content warnings: body horror, homophobia. Yat has recently been demoted on the force due to “lifestyle choices” after being caught at a gay club. Other squares: Weird Ecology (HM), Cool Weapon, Mental Health. But, after a devastating war and a sweeping biotech revolution, all its inhabitants want is peace, no one more so than Yat Jyn-Hok a reformed-thief-turned-cop who patrols the streets at night. The port city of Hainak is alive: its buildings, its fashion, even its weapons. Gideon the Ninth meets Black Sun in this queer, Māori-inspired debut fantasy about a police officer who is murdered, brought back to life with a mysterious new power, and tasked with protecting her city from an insidious evil threatening to destroy it.

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