When tech scavenger Xích Si is captured and imprisoned by the infamous pirates of the Red Banner, she expects to be tortured or killed. -Everina Maxwell, author of Winter\'s Orbit. -Alastair Reynolds, Sunday Times bestselling author The Red Scholar\'s Wake takes you on an exhilarating dive into space piracy with passion, politics, dazzling settings, and-even better-a profound core of love transcending hopelessness that rings throughout the story.
SF is lucky to have Aliette de Bodard. -Katee Robert, NYT bestselling author of Neon Gods The Red Scholar\'s Wake is a fizzingly inventive space opera, quite unlike anything I\'ve encountered before, and told with style, grace, and a big dose of heart.
Enough said. -Tasha Suri, author of The Jasmine Throne LESBIAN SPACE PIRATES.
Advance Praise for The Red Scholar\'s Wake : So romantic I may simply perish.
A rich space opera and an intensely soft romance, from an exceptional SF author.
And maybe the best thing that\'s ever happened to either of them-but only if they can find a way to survive together.
But as the interstellar war against piracy rages on and their own investigation reaches a dire conclusion, the two of them discover that their arrangement has evolved into something much less business-focused and more personal...and tender.
That\'s all there is to it.
Both have their reasons for this arrangement: Xích Si needs protection
Rice Fish , a sentient spaceship, needs a technical expert to investigate the death of her first wife, the Red Scholar.
Instead, their leader, Rice Fish , makes Xích Si an utterly incredible proposition: an offer of marriage.
When tech scavenger Xích Si is captured and imprisoned by the infamous pirates of the Red Banner, she expects to be tortured or killed
