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Sapphic Nirvana in Fire in space

A scholar, betrayed and left for dead, returns in disguise for revenge. She plans to bring the entire opulent, decadent society of the habitats crashing down.
Falling in love wasn’t part of the plan.

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A FIRE BORN OF EXILE, US ed. out Oct 12th!

Sapphic Nirvana in Fire in space

A scholar, betrayed and left for dead, returns in disguise for revenge. She plans to bring the entire opulent, decadent society of the habitats crashing down.
Falling in love wasn’t part of the plan.

Preorder: https://books2read.com/u/b5WeP7 (US)
https://geni.us/AFireBorn (UK)
Cover: @ravven

#aFireBornOfExile #sciencefiction #romance #disasterSapphics #romanticsciencefiction #xuya #xuyaUniverse

‘I want you,’ she said. ‘I’m willing to take the risk of association.’
It made it sound distant and impersonal. Like people preparing to break the law together instead of dating each other.

I MEAN. One can do both, surely 😆
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Me: I have a system where everyone has a personal name an a literary name.
My brain, as I'm reading through it: if it was historically accurate everyone should also have a style name and a posthumous name.
Me: BRAIN NO
(it's already complex enough when one character is called one way by some people and another by others)
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The plan was proceeding as it should. Quỳnh could deal with unexpected surprises, with unexpected feelings.

Hhahahaa you sweet summer child you definitely cannot deal with THESE feelings.

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‘I’m not looking for a spirit to sweep into our lives and fix all our problems.’
Quỳnh was watching Hoà, her face unreadable. ‘You’re dismissing me because of my clothes?’
‘No. Just saying we didn’t ask for anything from you.’
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Working on the copyedits of A Fire Born of Exile, the sapphic Nirvana in Fire in space.
Wish me luck, I need to rename a character from Thiên An to Thiên Hoà
(which in particular means that occurrences of "An" need to be replaced by "Hoà")
😱 😱
(yes I know, I'll tick the "whole word" box in the Word search. But still)
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Working on the copyedits of A Fire Born of Exile, the sapphic Nirvana in Fire in space.
Wish me luck, I need to rename a character from Thiên An to Thiên Hoà
(which in particular means that occurrences of "An" need to be replaced by "Hoà"
*making a mental note to tick "whole word" on the replace box*) #aFireBornOfExile

Working on the copyedits of A Fire Born of Exile, the sapphic Nirvana in Fire in space.
Wish me luck, I need to rename a character from Thiên An to Thiên Hoà
(which in particular means that occurrences of "An" need to be replace by "Hoà"
*making a mental note to tick "whole word" on the replace box*) #aFireBornOfExile

Just finished „The Red Scholar's Wake“ by @aliettedb and it was fantastic (as always)! I love it so much! 😻

Go read it!

https://www.aliettedebodard.com/bibliography/novels/the-universe-of-xuya/the-red-scholars-wake/

(The book also featured a chapter from the upcoming book „A Fire Born of Exile“ coming out this autumn, I can't wait! ^__^)

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