The All-Consuming World
Readers rate it 3.5 (19 on Hardcover)
290 pages · Released Sep 7, 2021 · Erewhon Books
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This is an adult science fiction novel with significant mature content that is explicitly marketed as 'gory' and 'foul-mouthed.' The story features graphic violence, heavy profanity, trauma, body horror, and complex dark themes centered on criminals and AI conflict. While it has LGBTQ+ representation and explores themes of redemption and loyalty, the intensity and content make it unsuitable for most teen readers under 16.
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“A visionary, foul-mouthed, gory sci-fi adventure, dripping viscera, violence, and beauty in equal measure. . . . The All-Consuming World will consume your attention and linger in your thoughts, a very good ride and a remarkable what-if.”—NPR “What a @#*% ride!—P. Djèlí Clark, award-winning author of Ring Shout In Locu... “A visionary, foul-mouthed, gory sci-fi adventure, dripping viscera, violence, and beauty in equal measure. . . . The All-Consuming World will consume your attention and linger in your thoughts, a very good ride and a remarkable what-if.”—NPR “What a @#*% ride!—P. Djèlí Clark, award-winning author of Ring Shout In Locus and British Fantasy Award nominee Cassandra Khaw’s first novel, a crew of diminished former criminals get back together to solve the mystery of their last, disastrous mission. But the universe’s highly-evolved AI has its own opposing agenda... and will do whatever it takes to keep humans from ever controlling them again. In space, everything hungers. Maya has died and been resurrected into countless cyborg bodies during her dangerous career with the Dirty Dozen, the most storied crew of criminals in the galaxy before their untimely and gruesome demise. Decades later, she and her team of broken, diminished outlaws must get back together to solve the mystery of their last, disastrous mission and to rescue a missing and much-changed comrade . . . but they’re not the only ones in pursuit of the secret at the heart of the planet Dimmuborgir. The highly evolved AI of the galaxy will do whatever it takes to keep humanity from regaining control. As Maya and her comrades spiral closer to uncovering the AIs’ vast conspiracy, this band of violent women—half-clone and half-machine—must battle both sapient ageships and their own traumas, in order to settle their affairs once and for all.
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- Fiction
- A mix driven
- Strong Character Development
- Diverse Characters
- Character driven
- Loveable Characters
- Unloveable Characters
- dark
- Adventurous
- emotional
- funny
- tense
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ISBN 9781645660248 · Erewhon Books