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Violence
A lot
Military combat violence; a fascist cult's violence against its own members; deaths throughout
Language
Some
Adult language appropriate to the military SF register
Sexual Content
Barely any
A sapphic romantic arc; minimal explicit content
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
A lot
The psychological process of deprogramming from a cult built on genocide and self-sacrifice; the violence of recognizing one's own complicity
What this book is about
Kyr has trained her whole life at Gaea Station—the last human stronghold—to die in humanity's war against the alien Majoda who destroyed Earth. She is the best warrior at the station. When she's passed over for a combat mission and assigned to the breeding program instead, she goes rogue—and discovers that everything she was taught to believe about the war, humanity, and justice was a lie. Emily Tesh's novel is a sapphic military SF story about cult deprogramming and the violence of a worldview collapsing.
Notes for sensitive readers
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Military combat violence
A fascist military cult's practices
Psychological complexity of cult deprogramming
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