An Unkindness of Ghosts

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"Aster has little to offer folks in the way of rebuttal when they call her ogre and freak. She's used to the names; she only wishes there was more truth to them. If she were truly a monster, she'd be powerful enough to tear down the walls around her until nothing remains of her world. Aster lives in the lowdeck slums of the HSS Matilda, a space vessel organized much like the antebellum South. For generations, Matilda has ferried the last of humanity to a mythical Promised Land. On its way, the ship's 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 lot--if she's willing to sow the seeds of civil war"--Page 4 of cover.

subjects: Equality,  Resistance to Government,  Fiction,  Racism,  Interplanetary voyages,  Slavery,  Fiction, science fiction, general,  African americans, fiction,  LGBTQ science fiction & fantasy,  LGBTQ novels,  Stonewall Book Awards,  Fiction, science fiction, space opera,  African American,  Literary,  Science Fiction,  Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic,  Space Opera,  collection:otherwise_tiptree_award=honor