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    Maroons: A Grievers Novel
    Inversion
    Station Six
    Ebook series3 titles

    Black Dawn Series

    By adrienne maree brown, Aric McBay and S.J. Klapecki

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    About this series

    On a mysterious green planet renewed by fire, vibrant collectivist communities have long lived in harmony with both its strange ecosystem and each other—until the day imperialist forces arrive.

    Raised in one of the non-hierarchical nomadic societies on the planet of Germinal, young Char and her family tend to this commons, rich in culture and biodiversity, through principles of reciprocity, ritual, and attention to the balance of their ecosystem. But they must forever travel to stay just ahead of the natural phenomenon that marks their world: a wall of fire that approaches like clockwork, bringing both loss and renewal with it. She is the first to spot the arrival of landing vessels, and soon her way of life is upended by militaristic invaders whose intentions are far beyond her worldview.

    Graft is a captive “servitor” and personal attendant to the Conquis, the leader of the vanguard forces in the campaign to seize control of the distant planet. As the last survivor of a culture annihilated by conquest, Graft sees how unprepared Char and her people are to deal with the invasion. When one unsettling discovery leads to another, the newcomers find the nature of this new land troubling and its denizens odd—perhaps even nonhuman. The mission soon turns into something more menacing, and the inhabitants of the violated utopia must learn how to defend themselves or lose everything. 

    Flowering with possible new ways of life, Inversion is a tale of social struggle set in a completely unique universe, whose unexpected nature will surprise and delight. Aric McBay weaves a tale in the visionary spirit of Ursula Le Guin’s The Dispossessed and Octavia Butler’s Wild Seed.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAK Press
    Release dateFeb 7, 2023
    Maroons: A Grievers Novel
    Inversion
    Station Six

    Titles in the series (3)

    • 3

      Station Six
      Station Six

      Station Six

      S.J. Klapecki
      4/5 - 1 rating
      4/5 - 1 rating

      A new novella in the Black Dawn Series: The third book in the Black Dawn Series, in which authors create alternate realities through visionary works that imagine different ways of seeing, being in, and remaking the world. Heinlein meets Studs Terkel: An all-too-familiar story of oppression and struggle set in the far future.  Queer storytelling: A story with queer and gender-non-conforming protagonists fighting for the future of their home against evil capitalists. 

      A new novella in the Black Dawn Series: The third book in the Black Dawn Series, in which authors create alternate realities through visionary works that imagine different ways of seeing, being in, and remaking the world. Heinlein meets Studs Terkel: An all-too-familiar story of oppression and struggle set in the far future.  Queer storytelling: A story with queer and gender-non-conforming protagonists fighting for the future of their home against evil capitalists. 

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      Maroons: A Grievers Novel
      Maroons: A Grievers Novel

      Maroons: A Grievers Novel

      adrienne maree brown
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      Contemporary resonance: A timely story that echoes the current state of a fatal pandemic, giving readers hope for a new world. The highly anticipated sequel: The sequel to adrienne’s debut novella Grievers in the Black Dawn Series, which authors create alternate realities through visionary works that imagine different ways of seeing, being in, and remaking the world. Survival, grief, and community: Maroons is a continued exploration of grief and a story of survival and community in times of darkness. Praise for Grievers: “A strong precedent that will leave readers eager for more.” —Publishers Weekly starred review Author’s website: https://adriennemareebrown.net/ 

      Contemporary resonance: A timely story that echoes the current state of a fatal pandemic, giving readers hope for a new world. The highly anticipated sequel: The sequel to adrienne’s debut novella Grievers in the Black Dawn Series, which authors create alternate realities through visionary works that imagine different ways of seeing, being in, and remaking the world. Survival, grief, and community: Maroons is a continued exploration of grief and a story of survival and community in times of darkness. Praise for Grievers: “A strong precedent that will leave readers eager for more.” —Publishers Weekly starred review Author’s website: https://adriennemareebrown.net/ 

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      Inversion
      Inversion

      Inversion

      Aric McBay
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      On a mysterious green planet renewed by fire, vibrant collectivist communities have long lived in harmony with both its strange ecosystem and each other—until the day imperialist forces arrive. Raised in one of the non-hierarchical nomadic societies on the planet of Germinal, young Char and her family tend to this commons, rich in culture and biodiversity, through principles of reciprocity, ritual, and attention to the balance of their ecosystem. But they must forever travel to stay just ahead of the natural phenomenon that marks their world: a wall of fire that approaches like clockwork, bringing both loss and renewal with it. She is the first to spot the arrival of landing vessels, and soon her way of life is upended by militaristic invaders whose intentions are far beyond her worldview. Graft is a captive “servitor” and personal attendant to the Conquis, the leader of the vanguard forces in the campaign to seize control of the distant planet. As the last survivor of a culture annihilated by conquest, Graft sees how unprepared Char and her people are to deal with the invasion. When one unsettling discovery leads to another, the newcomers find the nature of this new land troubling and its denizens odd—perhaps even nonhuman. The mission soon turns into something more menacing, and the inhabitants of the violated utopia must learn how to defend themselves or lose everything.  Flowering with possible new ways of life, Inversion is a tale of social struggle set in a completely unique universe, whose unexpected nature will surprise and delight. Aric McBay weaves a tale in the visionary spirit of Ursula Le Guin’s The Dispossessed and Octavia Butler’s Wild Seed.

      On a mysterious green planet renewed by fire, vibrant collectivist communities have long lived in harmony with both its strange ecosystem and each other—until the day imperialist forces arrive. Raised in one of the non-hierarchical nomadic societies on the planet of Germinal, young Char and her family tend to this commons, rich in culture and biodiversity, through principles of reciprocity, ritual, and attention to the balance of their ecosystem. But they must forever travel to stay just ahead of the natural phenomenon that marks their world: a wall of fire that approaches like clockwork, bringing both loss and renewal with it. She is the first to spot the arrival of landing vessels, and soon her way of life is upended by militaristic invaders whose intentions are far beyond her worldview. Graft is a captive “servitor” and personal attendant to the Conquis, the leader of the vanguard forces in the campaign to seize control of the distant planet. As the last survivor of a culture annihilated by conquest, Graft sees how unprepared Char and her people are to deal with the invasion. When one unsettling discovery leads to another, the newcomers find the nature of this new land troubling and its denizens odd—perhaps even nonhuman. The mission soon turns into something more menacing, and the inhabitants of the violated utopia must learn how to defend themselves or lose everything.  Flowering with possible new ways of life, Inversion is a tale of social struggle set in a completely unique universe, whose unexpected nature will surprise and delight. Aric McBay weaves a tale in the visionary spirit of Ursula Le Guin’s The Dispossessed and Octavia Butler’s Wild Seed.

    Author

    adrienne maree brown

    adrienne maree brown is a writer rooted in Detroit who now lives in Durham, NC. She is a student of the works of Octavia E. Butler and Ursula K. Le Guin. Maroons is her second novel. Her previous books include Octavia’s Brood, Emergent Strategy, Pleasure Activism, and We Will Not Cancel Us. Her visionary fiction has appeared in The Funambulist, Harvard Design Review, and Dark Mountain.

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