The Misheard World
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Profile Books Ltd
Published:26th Feb '26
Should be back in stock very soon
The critically-acclaimed science fiction novel about the power - and danger - of stories by the Arthur C. Clarke Award-nominated Aliya Whiteley
Soldier Elize Janview’s life is transformed when the legendary spy Marius Mondegreen arrives as prisoner at the cold fortress of Crag. Janview is to witness Mondegreen’s interrogation by the beautiful Allynx Syld; as recorder – and by degrees participant – in the interrogation, Janview comes to question everything she knew about the war…
* FROM THE AWARD WINNING AUTHOR OF THREE EIGHT ONE AND THE BEAUTY * 'Rooted in a deep, bewildered grief' - NEW YORK TIMES 'Remarkable' - SFX 'Vivid, smart, authentic and bold' - LOCUS BEFORE WARS ARE WON, THEY MUST BE WITNESSED. Elize Janview is a soldier, one of the few survivors of an unimaginably terrible weapon, which ended the long détente between the North and the South and plunged them back into all-out war. She enlisted with a dream of finding those responsible, of somehow getting revenge for the deaths of everyone she knew, but was posted to guard the prison at Crag, the fortress of the South, which has never fallen to the enemy. Janview's life is transformed when a rough wooden box is delivered to Crag, holding the performer and spy Marius Mondegreen, agent of the North: the Misheard Word, who can read minds, breathe fire, and make objects appear and disappear. Janview is to witness Mondegreen's interrogation by his captor, the beautiful and cruel Allynx Syld, who promises the end of the war. As recorder - and by degrees participant - in the interrogation, Janview comes to question everything she knew about the war, and the very world she lives iWhiteley... maintains a tension between the vulnerability of audience and the power of surveillance * New York Times *
Artfully woven and humming with the power and possibilities of the spoken word, The Misheard World confirms Aliya Whiteley as one of our most original and exciting writers -- E. J. Swift, author of WHEN THERE ARE WOLVES AGAIN
Remarkable * SFX *
A terrific example of how science fiction - and genre more broadly - can be deployed to shed light on the unique, sometimes paradoxical, character of storytelling... vivid, smart, authentic, and bold * Locus *
A conceptually-rich exploration of truth * Aurealis Magazine *
Riveting, weird, unpredictable, and magnificent... This is Aliya Whiteley at her inimitable best -- Oliver K. Langmead, author of CALYPSO
Each sentence does more work than you expect, each image cuts deeper than it first appears... A stunning achievement -- Helen Marshall, author of THE LADY, THE TIGER AND THE GIRL WHO LOVED DEATH
A brilliant, surprising book... beautiful, melancholy and very mysterious. Aliya Whiteley has crafted a powerful story full of unexpected twists -- Ben Tufnell, author of THE NORTH SHORE and PARADISE
If the act of telling stories makes us teachers, then you can't find a better professor than Aliya Whiteley... This is a masterpiece. Yes, I said masterpiece. And no, you have not misheard * FanFiAddict *
Intensely carefully crafted... it is a delight to be left unsettled by it, all the way to the last * Nerds of a Feather, Flock Together *
A daring, reality-bending exploration of storytelling and power... cements Aliya Whiteley as one of the most innovative voices in modern speculative fiction * SciFiNow *
ISBN: 9781837866915
Dimensions: 220mm x 140mm x 36mm
Weight: 460g
272 pages
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