The Space Between Worlds: a Sunday Times bestselling science fiction adventure through the multiverse
Aug 2020 · Hachette UK
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A stunning science fiction debut, The Space Between Worlds is both a cross-dimensional adventure and a powerful examination of identity, privilege, and belonging.
'Profound' Max Gladstone
'Complex' Guardian
'It remained two steps ahead of my imagination' The New York Times
'A strong new voice in science fiction' The Sunday Times
Born in the dirt of the wasteland, Cara has fought her entire life just to survive. Now she has done the impossible, and landed herself a comfortable life on the lower levels of the wealthy and walled-off Wiley City. So long as she can keep her head down and avoid trouble, she's on a sure path to citizenship and security - on this world, at least.
Of the 380 realities that have been unlocked, Cara is dead in all but 8.
Cara's parallel selves are exceptionally good at dying - from disease, turf wars, or vendettas they couldn't outrun - which makes Cara wary, and valuable. Because while multiverse travel is possible, no one can visit a world in which their counterpart is still alive. And no one has fewer counterparts than Cara.
But then one of her eight doppelgängers dies under mysterious circumstances, and Cara is plunged into a new world with an old secret. What she discovers will connect her past and future in ways she never could have imagined - and reveal her own role in a plot that endangers not just her earth, but the entire multiverse.
'Profound' Max Gladstone
'Complex' Guardian
'It remained two steps ahead of my imagination' The New York Times
'A strong new voice in science fiction' The Sunday Times
Born in the dirt of the wasteland, Cara has fought her entire life just to survive. Now she has done the impossible, and landed herself a comfortable life on the lower levels of the wealthy and walled-off Wiley City. So long as she can keep her head down and avoid trouble, she's on a sure path to citizenship and security - on this world, at least.
Of the 380 realities that have been unlocked, Cara is dead in all but 8.
Cara's parallel selves are exceptionally good at dying - from disease, turf wars, or vendettas they couldn't outrun - which makes Cara wary, and valuable. Because while multiverse travel is possible, no one can visit a world in which their counterpart is still alive. And no one has fewer counterparts than Cara.
But then one of her eight doppelgängers dies under mysterious circumstances, and Cara is plunged into a new world with an old secret. What she discovers will connect her past and future in ways she never could have imagined - and reveal her own role in a plot that endangers not just her earth, but the entire multiverse.
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4.4
19 reviews
Christine Allan
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August 21, 2020
I bought this as an audiobook, having enjoyed listening to books to pass the time during lockdown (covid-19). Unfortunately, I found that instead of being gripped by the story, I gave up about half way through the audiobook, having completely lost track of who was who and where, due to the similar names of the characters and also the rather monotonous voice of the reader. I might well have focused more closely on the story had I bought the book, so this review relates just to the audiobook.
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Agnese Kalnmale
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April 9, 2023
Loved it.
About the author
Micaiah Johnson is a biracial author who was raised in a Jehovah's Witness community in the Southern California desert. She graduated high school at the age of 13, received her MFA from Rutgers-Camden, and is currently studying race and robots as a PhD candidate at Vanderbilt. She is on twitter at @micaiah_johnson.
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