explorer / books · 2025
Asunder
Kerstin Hall’s only award entry in this dataset.
Published 2024 by Tordotcom · 432 pages
Nebula · 2025
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This book is recorded on the Nebula ballot only. Each row shows the full Best Novel ballot for that award and ceremony year. Winners appear first.
Synopsis
Karys Eska is a deathspeaker bound to Sabaster, an eldritch being who lets her communicate with the newly dead. When she tries to save the dying diplomat Ferain, she accidentally binds him to her shadow. The two travel to the heart of a faded empire seeking a way to separate before the bond kills them.
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