An "intensely thought-provoking" science fiction debut from a worthy successor to Octavia Butler (LeVar Burton Reads). One of Esquire magazine's 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time Aster has little to offer folks in the way of rebuttal when they call her an ogre and a freak. She's used to the names; she only wishes there was more truth to them. If she was truly a monster, she'd be powerful enough to tear down the walls around her until nothing remained of her world. Aster lives in the lowdeck slums…Show more