pickThis novel, about a prisoner sent to an alien planet, is nominated for the 2025 Hugo Best Novel award. It's another excellent story from the very prolific Adrian Tchaikovsky, who seems to write science fiction and fantasy with equal ease.
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pickA ship of imprisoned dissidents arrives on an extrasolar labor camp and research station known as Kiln, victims of the authoritarian Mandate regime and its insistence on adherence to orthodoxy. Arton is a biologist and finds the native ecology fascinating, even as he learns more about its effects on contaminated humans. A gripping and inventive account of resistance in the face of an authoritarian regime and the power of truth in the face of lies.
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