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Science Fiction · 2022 · G

A Prayer for the Crown-Shy

by Becky Chambers

A monk and a robot walk out of the city — and ask each other impossible questions.

A USA Today Bestseller! “Tender and healing... I’m prescribing a preorder to anyone who has ever felt lost. Stunning, kind, necessary.” —Sarah Gailey on book 1: A Psalm for the Wild-Built A Prayer for the Crown-Shy is a story of kindness and love from one of the foremost practitioners of hopeful SF. After touring the rural areas of Panga, Sibling Dex (a Tea Monk of some renown) and Mosscap (a robot sent on a quest to determine what humanity really needs) turn their attention to the villages and cities of the little moon they call home. They hope to find the answers they seek, while making new

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No violence

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Clean language

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No sexual content

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No substance use

Emotional Intensity

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No psychological concerns; quietly joyful

What this book is about

Sibling Dex and the robot Mosscap continue their journey through the rural communities of Panga, as Dex seeks an undefined something and Mosscap attempts to understand human want. The second Monk and Robot novella is quiet, philosophical, and tender — a meditation on what it means to be enough.

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