the tea master and the detective by aliette de bodard

Until an ambush killed her crew and left her wounded and broken. Once, she leapt effortlessly between stars and planets, carrying troops and crew for a war that tore the Empire apart. Once, the mindship known as The Shadow’s Child was a military transport. If you’re in North America, Subterranean is now shipping both the book and the ebook: it will become available at major retailers March 31st, 2018. The book will be out April 2nd from JABberwocky, but you can preorder it right now on Amazon, Kobo, and iBooks! Art and design is by Dirk Berger, with many many thanks to John Berlyne for his help, as well as Likhain, Kate Elliott, Vida Cruz, Sebb, Stephanie Burgis and Patrick Samphire. Isn’t it gorgeous? Also yesss I got an áo dài on a cover!!! (the áo dài is a traditional Vietnamese female dress). Thrilled to reveal the cover of the ebook edition of the Tea Master and the Detective outside North America.

And to my friends and to my fans, for the support that always keeps me going.Īlso many congratulations to everyone on the ballot as this is a truly awesome list. Thanks as well to everyone who made this possible by publishing the stories, and in particular the latest book, The Tea Master and the Detective–many thanks to Yanni Kuznia, Geralyn Lance, and everyone at Subterranean Press for a gorgeous and much successful book–and to John Berlyne, Joshua Bilmes, Lisa Rodgers, Patrick Disshelhorst and everyone at JABberwocky for the non-North American edition. My deepest thanks to everyone who nominated it and spread the word. It means a lot to me to see this recognised.

The universe has been with me for a long time, growing alongside my career.

I conceived of Xuya as a sandbox where I could tell my stories –of family, and children, and what is passed on between generations, of a galactic empire taking its cues from Confucianism, Daoism and Buddhism as in the stories I grew up with–of people of Vietnamese descent who got to go into space and build their own societies and stories. I’m shocked and delighted that my long-running space opera series, The Universe of Xuya, and its latest outing, The Tea Master and the Detective, are finalists for a Hugo Award for Best Series and Best Novella, respectively.

The tea master and the detective by aliette de bodard