Some Desperate Glory

Paperback Published on: 07/09/2023
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Some Desperate Glory
Accessible, Compelling, Thoughtful Sci-Fi
A compelling, thoughtful dystopian sci-fi on what it means to possess infinite knowledge, and the price of that gift, Some Desperate Glory kept me complete... READ MORE
Clara at Barnet
Some Desperate Glory
Space Opera with an unexpected twist!
Some Desperate Glory is a wonderful new space opera, with many unexpected twists that cement the book as one of my favourite debuts of 2023. The story most... READ MORE
Bookseller Adam, Lichfield
Some Desperate Glory
Unpredictable take on predictable space opera
Emily Tesh made her name with two historical romantic fantasy novellas, Silver In The Wood and Drowned Country, which together do not add up to the page co... READ MORE
D Franklin (Glasgow Argyle St)
Some Desperate Glory
The best sci-fi novel I've read all year!
This is an absolutely stunning novel - I loved everything about it! Valkyr, the main character, is brilliantly realised and she genuinely grows as a pers... READ MORE
Helen at Scarborough
Some Desperate Glory
Just hits different!
So theres alot of elements to this book, but kerping it spoiler free I’ll say this; This is one of my favourite sci-fi books in rescent years. It strik... READ MORE
Dean from Douglas
Some Desperate Glory
This got me back into sci-fi!
The plot was well-crafted -- very butterfly theory --, and the mc's evolution was beautifully done as well.
Kat S. -- Preston

Synopsis

A thrillingly told space opera about the wreckage of war, the family you find, and the path you must forge when every choice is stripped from you. Some Desperate Glory is the highly anticipated debut novel from Astounding Award and World Fantasy Award-Winner, Emily Tesh.

All her life, Kyr has trained for the day she can avenge the destruction of planet Earth. Raised on Gaea Station alongside the last scraps of humanity, she is one of the best warriors of her generation, the sword of a dead planet.

Then Command assigns her brother to certain death and relegates her to the nursery to bear sons, and she knows she must take humanity's revenge into her own hands. Alongside her brother's brilliant but seditious friend and a lonely, captive alien, Kyr must escape from everything she's ever known. If she succeeds, she will find a universe far more complicated than she was taught and far more wondrous than she could ever have imagined.

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
  • ISBN: 9780356517186
  • Number of pages: 464
  • Dimensions: 196 x 126 x 34 mm
  • Weight: 320g
  • Languages: English

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Some Desperate Glory
Magnificent
"While Earth's children live, the enemy shall fear us". This is a wonderful book. Following Kyr, a young woman growing up in a remote space colony, Gaea,... READ MORE
Blue Book Balloon
Some Desperate Glory
Outstanding space opera adventure...
For those of you who are interested in such things, the title of this science fiction timeshift adventure is taken from Wilfred Owen’s poem ‘Dulce Et Decor... READ MORE
Sarah Higbee
Some Desperate Glory
Incredible read
All her life, Kyr has been bred and trained for war against the alien race that destroyed Earth. Living on an isolated space station where cadets graduate ... READ MORE
Grace
Some Desperate Glory
Epic!
I am still reeling from howe much I loved this book! Sci Fi was the first genre I fell in love with but recently I haven't read much that I've liked. I was... READ MORE
Lara Martin
Some Desperate Glory
Blown Away
Kyr has lived her whole life on a makeshift base in space with the remains of humanity after Earth was destroyed before she was born. The whole time, she h... READ MORE
Liv Burrell