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Rakesfall
Published 2024 by Tordotcom · 304 pages
Nebula · 2025
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Vajra Chandrasekera on these ballots
3 award entries · 2 books · 1 wins · 2024–2025
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Synopsis
Across fragmented timelines from colonial Sri Lanka to a far-future space station, characters with shifting identities are caught in recurring cycles of empire, war, and revolution.
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