From international bestseller Samit Basu, an exuberant new sci-fi
adventure with heart that reads like a mash-up of Aladdin and Murderbot
- with gloriously chaotic results
Shantiport was supposed to be a gateway to the stars. But the city is sinking,
and its colonist rulers aren't helping anyone but themselves.
Lina, a daughter of failed revolutionaries, has no desire to escape Shantiport.
She loves her city and would do anything to save its people. This is, in fact,
the plan for her life, made before she was even born.
Her brother, Bador, is a small monkey bot with a big attitude and bigger
ambitions. He wants a chance to leave this dead-end planet and explore the
universe on his own terms. But that would mean abandoning the family he
loves - even if they do take him for granted.
When Shantiport's resident tech billionaire coerces Lina into retrieving a
powerful artifact rumored to be able to reshape reality, forces from before their
time begin coalescing around the siblings. And when you throw in a piece of
sentient, off-world tech with the ability to grant three wishes into the mix. . .
None of the city's powers will know what hit them.
The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport is Aladdin like you've never seen it before. Samit
Basu (...)
Samit Basu is an Indian novelist. He's published several novels in a range of
speculative genres, all critically acclaimed and bestselling in India, beginning
with The Simoqin Prophecies (2003). His novel The City Inside was shortlisted (as Chosen Spirits ) for the JCB Prize, India's biggest literary award. He
also works as a director-screenwriter (Netflix, 2019), a comics writer, and a
columnist. He lives in Delhi, Mumbai, and on the internet.
Tor
On Sale: Oct 3/23
5.38 x 8.25 • 416 pages
9781250827517 • $38.99 • CL - With dust jacket
Fiction / Science Fiction / Space Opera