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Foz Meadows

An Accident of Stars: 1 (Manifold Worlds) Mass Market Paperback – 2 Aug. 2016

by Foz Meadows (Author)

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Book 1 of 2 in the Manifold Worlds Series

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Portal fantasy grows up in this immersive series kickoff featuring a life-changing adventure, . . . compelling characters and a fascinating world (Martha Wells, author of All Systems Red)

When Saffron Coulter stumbles through a hole in reality, she finds herself trapped in Kena--a magical realm on the brink of civil war. It's there that her fate becomes intertwined with that of three very different women: Zech, the fast-thinking acolyte of a cunning, powerful exile; Viya, the spoiled, runaway consort of the empire-building ruler, Vex Leoden; and Gwen, an Earth-born worldwalker whose greatest regret is putting Leoden on the throne. But Leoden has allies, too, and chief among them is the Vex'Mara Kadeja, a dangerous ex-priestess who shares his dreams of conquest.

Pursued by Leoden and aided by the Shavaktiin--a secretive order of storytellers and mystics--the rebels flee to Veksh, a neighboring matriarchy ruled by the fearsome Council of Queens. Saffron is out of her world and out of her depth, but the further she travels, the more she finds herself bound to her friends with ties of blood and magic. Can one girl--and an accidental worldwalker at that--really be the key to saving Kena? Or will she die trying?

File Under Fantasy [A Rough Start Trial of Queens First Kill Infinite Worlds]

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496 pages
Language

English
Publisher

Angry Robot
Publication date

2 Aug. 2016
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10.92 x 3.3 x 17.53 cm
ISBN-10

0857665855
ISBN-13

978-0857665850
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"An Accident of Stars' interwoven, beautifully rendered cultures are filled with rich details, complex family bonds of all kinds, and deeply layered politics. To enter Kena and the surrounding lands is to be irrevocably and powerfully changed. Foz Meadows has created an epic adventure unlike any I've read before."
- Fran Wilde, Nebula- and Norton-nominated author of Updraft and Cloudbound

"A portal fantasy for grownups, with grit and realism, and characters I loved from the first page."
- Trudi Canavan, author of the Black Magician trilogy

"Fantasy readers who appreciate strong characters and excellent worldbuilding will immerse themselves in this tale."
- Publishers Weekly, starred review

It's quite lovely... The main strength of this is its cast, which walks off the page - there's characters of all ages, all walks of life and all sexual orientations-and its gut punch ending.
- Aliette de Bodard

"Reminiscent of Ursula K LeGuin, An Accident of Stars will take you to a lush, magical new world."
- Laura Lam

"I very much enjoyed this. The main character falls out of our world into a life-changing adventure, with compelling characters and a fascinating world. I can't wait to read the next book."
- Martha Wells, author of The Books of Raksura

"An Accident of Stars is anchored in dozens of complex women, driven by the rooted, deep relationships they have with each other. It's a wonderful, rich, feminist book, and I loved it."
- B R Sanders, author of Ariah

"This fabulous story bowled me over with a compelling blend of intimacy, danger, twisty politics, believably imperfect characters, and a fascinatingly complex universe."
- Kate Elliott, author of Black Wolves and Cold Magic

"Richly imaginative world building with delightfully complex and diverse characters; a joy to read!"
- Ann Lemay, videogame writer

"This is the portal fantasy I've spent my whole life waiting for."
- Liz Bourke for Tor.com

"So this was basically all the things I'd enjoyed about portal fantasies as a younger reader, with the dubious gifts the suck fairy might have bestowed either questioned or removed."
- Ann Leckie

About the Author

Foz Meadows is an Australian genderqueer author, blogger, essayist, reviewer, and poet. She has written four novels, including An Accident of Stars, as well as numerous short stories and novellas. She is also a contributing writer for The Huffington Post and Black Gate, and a contributing reviewer for Strange Horizons and Tor.com. In 2014, she was nominated for a Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer for her blog, Shattersnipe.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Angry Robot (2 Aug. 2016)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Mass Market Paperback ‏ : ‎ 496 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0857665855
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0857665850
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 10.92 x 3.3 x 17.53 cm

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Webster

Wow! Was not expecting that!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 4 August 2017

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Foz Meadows proves that their is no more alien a world than the ones found in the human imagination. What a stunning entry for Saffron to have through the portal into the Multiverse and what a shocking ending. This gripping tale has characters that are as ambivalent and amazing as real people in a complex and detailed world, full of clashing cultures, hopes, fears and intrigue. No wonder the younger generation matures so quickly. Gwen is an experienced world walker who is followed through a portal by Saffron, as such she acts both as guide and guardian to the newcomer, but even she cannot predict or control how the story will end. Excellent stuff.
If you like this, try Michelle Sagara 'Cast in...' series -but read in order or it gets too complicated. Also try the excellent P.C. Hodgells' Kencyrath series and you may enjoy some Mercedes Lackey 'Valdemar' stories too. Don't forget the straight classic Andre Norton 'Witchworld', or Marion Zimmer-Bradley 'Darkover' books. For f/f pairings go to the 'Aggar' series of Chris Anne Wolfe, the 'Alsea' series from Fletcher de Lancey or check out the Magdon and Magly pairing, Lise Mc Teague's contributions (start with Depths of Blue) is more f/f sci-fi mil-fic. Whatever you read Enjoy!

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Mr Kibbles

All the yes. Buy it.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 February 2017

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Portal fantasies are deeply unfashionable. Or they were - trust Angry Robot to bring them back with a modern, very readable twist.

Foz Meadows' An Accident of Stars drags portal fantasies screaming into the twenty-first century: her young protagonist Saffron is an intelligent and fairly streetwise high-schooler who still struggles with the pressure and bullying of the school system and her classmates, and the sudden appearance of Gwen Vere seems to offer an answer to her problems. Obviously, that's not going to be the case...

There are no easy, pat answers in this book, no safe resolutions. The multiverse is a dangerous place, and both Saffron and the reader learn that by the end of the first part of the book. By the time the final confrontation comes around, it's obvious that not everybody is going to make it out alive, and here Meadows doesn't disappoint, though she also includes an even larger twist and a heartbreaker ending to prove the point that portal fantasies don't require happy endings. Foz Meadows' characters are full of pain and perseverance alike, fully rounded people who you want to read more about almost instantly.

My copy of the book has formatting issues that are a hangover from a virus that affected the final layouts - you'll find a fair few reviews criticising this as though it's the author's fault, but it's more than easy enough to read past these errors so that they don't affect the story itself. There's also criticism that the book is too YA, that it's somehow too diverse, that the differences between the Vekshi and the Kenan races are too black-and-white. As to that last, it's easy to spot that even the characters themselves are puzzled by that - it's clearly a question that Meadows will be returning to later in the series. Too tick-boxy diverse? Uh, no, not from where I'm sitting. Too YA? Oh come on, are you serious? What does that even mean? What's wrong with YA? Have you read it? Sometimes I just despair...

Rant over. Excellent portal fantasy, deserves better formatting (ebook versions are correct, I hear), wonderful cover art that both harks back to the past and drives the modern feel, can't wait for The Braided Path. Buy it.

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