The principal also happens to be the priest of the town’s arcane religion, and while Harrison is “used to being one of the few public atheists in school” he’s a lot less certain about being “an army of one against the One True Faith of Dunnsmouth”. Some of the staff members look kind of… aquatic. The school Harrison has to attend looks like a giant tomb, he sometimes hears chanting as he wanders through the labyrinthine hallways, and the swimming pool is in a subterranean cave. There is no internet connection or cellphone reception (Harrison complains about being “involuntarily Amished”), so there’s no way of calling for help from the outside world. The town takes the concept of “parochial” to new levels of creepy. Harrison (H2 – Harrison Squared – to his mom scientist humour) thought tagging along would be better than the alternatives, but Dunnsmouth is set to prove him wrong. Rosa Harrison is a marine biologist who specialises in massive creatures like whale sharks and sperm whales, and her latest obsession is the colossal squid. Now Harrison is sixteen and accompanying his mom on a scientific expedition to the little coastal town of Dunnsmouth. He nearly died from an infection, and in the years that followed he covered up his memories with a more rational explanation than a Lovecraftian monster. Thirteen years ago, Harrison Harrison was out on a boat with his parents, and a tentacled monster attacked them, killing his father and ripping off Harrison’s leg. I’m really looking forward to this one.Source: eARC from the publisher via NetGalley In a world where people have what they want, does having more even matter?Ī Prayer for the Crown-Shy is due to be published by Tor.com in North America and in the UK, on July 22nd, 2022. They hope to find the answers they seek, while making new friends, learning new concepts, and experiencing the entropic nature of the universe. The cover for book two was unveiled recently, in addition to the synopsis:Ī Prayer for the Crown-Shy is a story of kindness and love from one of the foremost practitioners of hopeful SF.Īfter touring the rural areas of Panga, Sibling Dex (a Tea Monk of some renown) and Mosscap (a robot sent on a quest to determine what humanity really needs) turn their attention to the villages and cities of the little moon they call home. The first book in the series, A Psalm for the Wild-Built, was a great surprise and one of my favourite reads of the year.
Next summer, Tor.com are due to publish the second novella in Becky Chambers‘s Monk & Robot science fiction series: A Prayer For the Crown-Shy.
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