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Violence
Some
Violence in the dystopian alternate worlds; some deaths
Language
Some
Adult language throughout
Sexual Content
Some
A queer romantic relationship; some sexual content
Substance Use
Barely any
Some substance use in the dystopian settings
Emotional Intensity
A lot
The psychological weight of confronting parallel versions of your own death; what survival in oppressive systems costs the self
What this book is about
Cara earns her living traveling to parallel Earths for a corporation called Eldridge Inc.—but she can only visit worlds where her counterpart has already died. The more dangerous the world Cara grew up in, the more Earths she can visit. When she's sent to a world where she's still alive, everything unravels—including the comfortable story she's been telling herself about her place in a hierarchy designed to use her. Micaiah Johnson's debut is a smart, propulsive sci-fi novel about race, class, queerness, and survival in systems built to eliminate you.
Notes for sensitive readers
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The protagonist survives by virtue of her alternate selves having died
Dystopian violence in multiple timelines
Queer romance
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