explorer / books · 2022
Light From Uncommon Stars
Ryka Aoki’s only award entry in this dataset.
Published 2021 by Tor Books · 368 pages
Hugo · 2022
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This book is recorded on the Hugo ballot only. Each row shows the full Best Novel ballot for that award and ceremony year. Winners appear first.
Synopsis
Violin teacher Shizuka Satomi has sold six students' souls to hell and needs one more to fulfill her demonic bargain. Transgender runaway Katrina Nguyen becomes her final pupil. But when Shizuka falls for Lan Tran — a donut shop owner who is secretly a starship captain and alien refugee — the three women's lives intertwine in unexpected ways that could change all their fates.
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