Exordia

Michael Crichton meets Marvel's Venom in award-winning author Seth Dickinson's science fiction debut

"Viciously funny, vivid to the point of horror, and entirely profound."--Arkady Martine

"Magnificent. . . . A science fiction action juggernaut."--Tamsyn Muir

"Anna, I came to Earth tracking a very old story, a story that goes back to the dawn of time. It's very unlikely that you'll die right now. It wouldn't be narratively complete."

Anna Sinjari--refugee, survivor of genocide, disaffected office worker--has a close encounter that reveals universe-threatening stakes. Enter Ssrin, a many-headed serpent alien who is on the run from her own past. Ssrin and Anna are inexorably, dangerously drawn to each other, and their contact reveals universe-threatening stakes.

While humanity reels from disaster, Anna must join a small team of civilians, soldiers, and scientists to investigate a mysterious broadcast and unknowable horror. If they can manage to face their own demons, they just might save the world.

Publisher: Tordotcom
Published: 01/23/2024
Pages: 544
ISBN: 9781250233011


Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 08/01/2023 pg. 10
Publishers Weekly 11/06/2023
Booklist 11/01/2023 pg. 39

About the Author
SETH DICKINSON is the author of the Baru Cormorant novels and many short stories, as well as much of the lore and backstory of Bungie Studios' Destiny. Exordia is Seth's first science fiction novel.