Ships were launched and the people on them were genetically modified while in cold sleep. If this is a subject you’d rather not be involved with right now for whatever reason, know that this is not the title you should pick up.įour hundred years ago, humans were driven from the Earth by the krestge, an alien population that exists in more than three dimensions. Not because my review will contain any, but because this book definitely does. I’m going to drop a trigger warning for sexual violence in right here. Brissett has built a story that the 21st century needs, while never forgetting its roots in the Afrofuturism of a previous generation. If you can make it through the disorienting (somewhat intentionally because there is a lot of world building to do) first couple dozen pages, the reward is vast. Jennifer Marie Brissett’s Destroyer of Light is a book that sneaks up on you. Destroyer of Light, Jennifer Marie Brissett ( Tor 978-5-5, $25.99, 304pp, hc) October 2021.
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