In this dark “cathartic scream” (Publishers Weekly) of a debut, USA TODAY bestselling author Cassandra Khaw resurrects a hardened crew of vicious space criminals for one last job: rescue an old friend from an AI conspiracy more powerful than ever imagined...
“A visionary, foul-mouthed, gory sci-fi adventure, dripping viscera, violence, and beauty in equal measure.”—NPR
In space, everything hungers.
Maya has died and been resurrected into countless cyborg bodies during her dangerous career with the Dirty Dozen, the most storied crew of criminals in the galaxy before their untimely and gruesome demise. Decades later, she and her team of broken, diminished outlaws must get back together to solve the mystery of their last, disastrous mission and to rescue a missing and much-changed comrade . . . but they’re not the only ones in pursuit of the secret at the heart of the planet Dimmuborgir.
The highly evolved AI of the galaxy will do whatever it takes to keep humanity from regaining control. As Maya and her comrades spiral closer to uncovering the AIs’ vast conspiracy, this band of violent women—half-clone and half-machine—must battle both sapient ageships and their own traumas, in order to settle their affairs once and for all.
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