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Good Omens meets The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet in Ryka Aoki's Light From Uncommon Stars, a defiantly joyful adventure set in California's San Gabriel Valley, with cursed violins, Faustian bargains, and queer alien courtship over fresh-made donuts. Shizuka Satomi made a deal with the devil: to escape damnation, she must entice seven other violin prodigies to trade their souls for success. She has already delivered six. When Katrina Nguyen, a young transgender runaway, catches Shizuka's ear with her wild talent, Shizuka can almost feel the curse lifting. She's found her final candidate. But in a donut shop off a bustling highway in the San Gabriel Valley, Shizuka meets Lan Tran, retired starship captain, interstellar refugee, and mother of four. Shizuka doesn't have time for crushes or coffee dates, what with her very soul on the line, but Lan's kind smile and eyes like stars might just redefine a soul's worth. And maybe something as small as a warm donut is powerful enough to break a curse as vast as the California coastline. As the lives of these three women become entangled by chance and fate, a story of magic, identity, curses, and hope begins, and a family worth crossing the universe for is found.

This lyrical, delightful, queer SF novel is Good Omens with a Faustian bargain.

About the Author
RYKA AOKI's first novel, He Mele a Hilo, was published by Topside Press in 2014. She is a two-time Lambda Literary Award finalist for her collections Seasonal Velocities, and Why Dust Shall Never Settle Upon This Soul. Ryka's work has appeared or been recognized in publications including Vogue, Elle, Bustle, Autostraddle, PopSugar, and Buzzfeed, as well as the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center. Ryka has been honored by the California State Senate for "extraordinary commitment to the visibility and well-being of Transgender people." She has an MFA in creative writing from Cornell University, and is cur rently a professor of English at Santa Monica College. You can find Ryka online at www.rykaryka.com

Awards
Winner of Alex Awards 2022. Commended for Hugo Award (Novel) 2022 and Stonewall Book Award (Literature) 2022.



Book Information
ISBN 9781250789068
Author Ryka Aoki
Format Hardback
Page Count 384
Imprint St Martin's Press
Publisher St Martin's Press
Weight(grams) 463g
Dimensions(mm) 217mm * 147mm * 35mm

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