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Emily Gibbons Bouchard
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By:
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Seth Haddon
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This is How You Lose the Time War meets Ex Machina: Seth Haddon's science fiction debut, Volatile Memory, is a sapphic sci-fi action adventure novella.
An Amazon Editor's Best Sci-Fi & Fantasy Pick
With nothing but a limping ship and an outdated mask to her name, Wylla needs a big payday. When the alert goes out that a lucrative piece of tech lies hidden on a nearby planet, she calls on all the swiftness of her prey-animal instincts to beat other hunters to it.
What you found wasn’t your ticket out—it was my corpse wearing an AI mask. When you touched the mask, you heard my voice. A consciousness spinning through metal and circuits, a bodiless mind, spun to life in the HAWK’s temporary storage. I crystallized and realized: I was alive.
Masks aren't supposed to retain memory, much less identity, but the woman inside the MARK I HAWK is real, and she sees Wylla in a way no one ever has. Sees her, and doesn’t find her wanting or unwhole.
Armed with military-grade tech and a lifetime of staying one step ahead of the hunters, Wylla and HAWK set off to get answers from the man who discarded HAWK once before: her ex-husband.
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"Murderbot meets Firefly in a Thelma & Louise-style, high-tech, thrill-a-minute hunt for freedom, justice, and revenge."—Library Journal
"Haddon combines sapphic romance, fast-paced mystery, and fascinating worldbuilding in his thrilling first sci-fi novel... Packed with combat, intrigue, and budding love, this is an exciting new direction."—Publishers Weekly