The Lesson
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An alien ship rests over Water Island. For five years the people of the US Virgin Islands have lived with the Ynaa, a race of superadvanced aliens on a research mission they will not fully disclose. They are benevolent in many ways but meet any act of aggression with disproportional wrath. This has led to a strained relationship between the Ynaa and the local Virgin Islanders and a peace that cannot last.
A year after the death of a young boy at the hands of an Ynaa, three families find themselves at the center of the inevitable conflict, witnesses and victims to events that will touch everyone and teach a terrible lesson.
Publisher: Blackstone
Published: 06/18/2019
Pages: 286
Weight: 1.1lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.60w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9781538584644
Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 11/19/2018
Library Journal 05/01/2019 pg. 75
Booklist 05/01/2019 pg. 74
Kirkus Reviews 06/15/2019 pg. 48
About the Author
Turnbull, Cadwell: -
Cadwell Turnbull is the author of The Lesson. His short fiction has appeared in The Verge, Lightspeed, Nightmare, Asimov's Science Fiction, and several anthologies, including The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2018 and The Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy 2019. His first novel, The Lesson, was the winner of the 2020 Neukom Institute Literary Award in the debut category. The novel was also short-listed for the VCU Cabell Award and long-listed for the Massachusetts Book Award. Turnbull lives in Raleigh and teaches at North Carolina State University.