Echo
Jack McDevitt
After 8000 years of star travel, humanity has found only one alien species. Alex Benedict may be on the path to finding another one, but an assassin has other ideas.
Read Time: ~6.7 hr
Who Fears Death
by Nnedi Okorafor (2010)
About this book
Born into post-apocalyptic Africa to a mother who was raped after the slaughter of her entire tribe, Onyesonwu is tutored by a shaman and discovers that her magical destiny is to end the genocide of her people.
Setting / LocationGlobal
Story EraContemporary
Protagonist / CoreNotable Characters
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