Slow Gods

From the million-copy bestselling Claire North - one of the most original and dazzling voices in speculative fiction - comes an intergalactic tale of conspiracy, war and the fall of empires.

My name is Mawukana na-Vdnaze, and I am a very poor copy of myself.

In telling my story, there are certain things I should perhaps lie about. I should make myself a hero. Pretend I was not used by strangers and gods, did not leave people behind.

Here is one truth: out there in deep-space, in the pilot's chair, I died. And then, I was reborn. I became something not quite human, something that could speak to the infinite dark. And I vowed to become the scourge of the world that wronged me.

This is the story of the supernova event that burned planets and felled civilizations. This is also the story of the many lives I've lived since I died for the first time.

"North's talent shines out" ―Sunday Times

"Claire North goes from strength to strength" ―Guardian

"North is an original and even dazzling writer" ―Kirkus

"An astonishing, thought-provoking and above all touching story of found meaning and lost humanity.' ―Adrian Tchaikovsky, author of Children of Time

"Deeply imaginative and achingly human, Slow Gods lures you gently into the dark between the starts" ―Megan E. O'Keefe, author of the Philip K. DIck award-nominated Velocity Weapon