Waiting On Wednesday” is a weekly meme that first originated at Breaking the Spine but has since linked up with “Can’t Wait Wednesday” at Wishful Endings now that the original creator is unable to host it anymore. Either way, this fun feature is a chance to showcase the upcoming releases that we can’t wait to get our hands on!
Hello! The book I’m choosing to spotlight for this weeks post is a 2022 sci-fi release filled with queer characters, high-tech space battles & pilots, princesses, and prophetic heirs. It’s by an author who has been on my TBR for a while, but I’ve yet to pick up any of their works, and I’m really hoping I manage to get my hands on an early copy of this.

This is the story of Misery Nomaki (she/they) – a nobody from a nowhere mining planet who possesses the rare stone-working powers of a saint. Unfortunately, these saint-like abilities also manifest in those succumbing to voidmadness, like that which killed Misery’s mother. Knowing they aren’t a saint but praying they aren’t voidmad, Misery keeps quiet about their power for years, while dreaming and scheming up ways off their Forge-forsaken planet.
But when the voice of an angel, or a very convincing delusion, leads Misery to the center of the Empire, they find themself trapped between two powerful and dangerous factions, each hoping to use Misery to win a terrible war.
Still waiting to be convinced of their own divinity and secretly training with a crew of outlaws and outcasts, Misery grows close to a rebel royal, Lady Alodia Lightning, who may know something of saints and prophecy herself. The voice that guides Misery grows bolder by the day, and it seems the madness is catching…

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I can’t wait for this book either! I adored Yang’s Tensorate series, especially the first two books, so I’m SO hype to finally get a new book from them!
My WWW post: http://kappareadsbooks.home.blog/2022/01/19/cant-wait-wednesday-january-19th/
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Yay! I haven’t actually read any of their other work, but I’m hoping to pick up the Tensorate series this year at some point, so glad to hear you loved it 😊
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Wow I absolutely have to read this. I’ve been trying to read more science fiction as well as books with non-cisgender characters. It seems too interesting to pass up.
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Yay! Im trying to read more sci-fi too and this just sounds amazing 😊
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