Book jacket image for The Splinter in the Sky by Kemi Ashing-Giwa

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9781668008478

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The Splinter in the Sky

The Splinter in the Sky is an engrossing sci-fi novel that captures, in impressive prose, the deep discomfort of living under occupation.

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Review of ‘The Splinter in the Sky’

The Holy Vaalbaran Empire has ruled the small moon of Koriko for nearly a generation, imposing its will over her people with an iron fist. Like the rest of Koriko’s inhabitants, scribe Enitan has adapted to imperial rule, becoming fluent in the empire’s holy language. When her former lover is assassinated and her sibling, Xiang,…

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