Wholesale As You Wake, Break the Shell: Becky Chambers

As You Wake, Break the Shell A Novel Becky Chambers Hardcover FICTION/Science Fiction / Space Opera # Explore a universe of bleak survival and found family, of persistent danger and quiet wonder in the first installment of a heartfelt new duology from Hugo Award-winning author Becky Chambers. # Life on the resource-poor planet of Fortune is challenging, but for its inhabitants, it’s home. But for two of them, Signy and Cora, this home might no longer be enough.Signy is a brilliant but reclusive botanist who bio-prints medicine from her small plant shop, often bending the rules to help those the system leaves behind. Her life is filled with the green of her store, the warmth of her one elderly friend, and the quiet determination to help others without putting herself in danger.Cora is a rorqual pilot, one of the few with the unique ability to navigate the massive, living ships that connect the scattered settlements of their solar system. Her bond with her rorqual, Colibri, is profound—a connection that is both her greatest gift and a threat to her career. It is that threat--the "mindbleed," a dangerous side effect of her piloting--that brings her to Signy's shop. And her appearance puts Signy in the danger she so fears. But it's soon apparent it's not just about losing her license. Because helping Cora means they're both being pulled into a delicate balance of risk and trust...and there's a new fear: that she might actually connect with another human.Told in an alternating timeline of their initial coming together and a not-so-distant future where they have found domestic bliss, this is a story that feels harrowing and haunting, heartfelt and hopeful. A love story centered around survival, we are given a glimpse into the very best of what Becky Chambers does in their writing: explore what it means to be human and what it means to have empathy.