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The first book in the Bel Dame Apocrypha, GOD’S WAR, kicks off the story of Nyxnissa so Dasheem, a former government assassin who cuts off heads for cash. When a dubious deal between her government and an alien gene pirate goes bad, Nyx is tapped to make a covert recovery. The head she brings in this time could end her country’s centuries-long holy war… but at what price?
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What People Are Saying
”The ostensibly ground-breaking, jaw-dropping ultra-progressive newness of God’s War is important because it isn’t important. God’s War is remarkable not because it pushes the boundaries of science fiction, but because it is a novel in which those boundaries are already gone.” -Pornokitsch
“Kameron Hurley’s a brave, unflinching, truly original writer with a unique vision–her fiction burns right through your brain and your heart.” - Jeff VanderMeer, author of Finch
“Hurley’s world-building is phenomenal… (she) smoothly handles tricky themes such as race, class, religion, and gender without sacrificing action.” -Publishers Weekly
“Are you frustrated with Mary Sue heroines? Well, here comes God’s War to rock your face off… If you like rough, battle-scarred women who know how to regulate, you’re going to love Nyx… She makes Han Solo look like a boy scout.” - i09
“An aggressively dark, highly original SF-fantasy novel with tight, cutting prose and some of the most inventive world-building I’ve seen in a while.” – Fantasy Literature.com
“God’s War was part slow burn, part explosive action… in the end the novel was utterly compelling.- Tor.com
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“If you want a down-and-dirty book that takes a hard look at the consequences of religious intolerance and holds a shotgun to the idea of what “feminine” is, read God’s War.” – SFF Divas
“Budding authors take note: you want to know how to do that “show me don’t tell me” trick? Read this book. Read every sentence. Hurley’s writing is full of descriptive wonder, of an almost M. John Harrison-y, Jeff Vandermeer-y appreciation for intense color, smell, and sound.” - The Little Red Reviewer
“…where some writers might focus on high-tech weapons or explosive battles in space, Hurley brings things down to a personal level, recalling more the toughminded realism of Chris Moriarty’s Spin State…” - New York Review of Science Fiction
“…if you’re in a mood for a challenging but engaging science fiction novel – PICK THIS UP!” - Girl XOXO.com
“God’s War is a violent tale set against the backdrop of a centuries-old holy war. But beyond all the blood and violence, it’s a beautifully crafted work of art that keeps astonishing you when you least expect it.” – Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist
“Hurley belongs in the new class of Sci-Fi authors we’ve been waiting for to invigorate the genre along the sides of Rajaniemi, Bacigalupi, and Yu…” - The Mad Hatter’s Bookshelf and Book Review
“God’s War (2011) by Kameron Hurley, a punchy, pacy science fictional thriller (with all sorts of deliciously knotty thematic goodness) that has the sort of opening you don’t forget in a hurry.” - Nic Clark
“God’s War is a clever reinterpretation of the war novel. Hurley takes on issues of gender roles, violence, and religion and does it all with a deft hand.” Justin Stafford, Staffer’s Musings
“God’s War is a fine piece of writing, and not one that its readers will easily forget.” - Escape Pod
“God’s War is one of the most thought-provoking debuts I’ve read so far this year.” – Locus Magazine
”Hurley indeed creates in her lead character a thoroughly unlikeable, but wholly independent, female Conan. Actually, that’s wrong: Nyxnissa would quite clearly kick Conan’s ass. In her own words, “Women can fight as well as fuck, you know” (p. 64). Coarse and inelegant, but bold and pungent: Nyx’s retort might be this punchy, refreshing, and imperfect novel’s grating, gutsy epigram. Just what the genre ordered.” – Strange Horizons Magazine
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Your job is not to be a writer. Your job is to be a published author.
I read this piece from Lauren DeStafano today about anxiety, and specifically how the challenges of managing anxiety are compounded by the demands of being an author. Though the whole piece is very good, this bit in particular stood out for me: “…there is a lot of pressure to be normal, and, as an author, to be what readers expect. During Wither’s launch week, when faced with more reading and signing events than I was able to handle, I broke into tears and told my agent, “My job is to be a writer.” To which she firmly replied, “No....
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