Aster has little to offer folks in the way of rebuttal when they call her ogre and freak. Shes used to the names; she only wishes there was more truth to them. If she were truly a monster, shed be powerful enough to tear down the walls around her until nothing remains of her world.

Aster lives in the lowdeck slums of the HSSMatilda, a space vessel organized much like the antebellum South. For generations,Matildahas ferried the last of humanity to a mythical Promised Land. On its way, the ships leaders have imposed harsh moral restrictions and deep indignities on dark-skinned sharecroppers like Aster. Embroiled in a grudge with a brutal overseer, Aster learns there may be a way to improve her lotif shes willing to sow the seeds of civil war.

Format: Paperback
Published: US, 2017
Publisher: Akashic Books,U.S.
Pages: 340
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1617755885
ISBN 13: 9781617755880