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Aliette De Bodard
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Aliette de Bodard is an award-winning writer of fantasy, science fiction, and the occasional horror story. She is the author of Navigational Entanglements and A Fire Born of Exile, a sapphic Count of Monte Cristo set in space, as well as The Red Scholar’s Wake, a lesbian space pirate romance set in Vietnamese-inspired galactic empires. Her acclaimed Universe of Xuya series blends space opera with sentient ships and Vietnamese heritage, earning multiple major awards. She also writes the Dragons and Blades novellas, set in a Gothic Vietnamese court. She lives in Paris, France.
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Xuya Universe
This series is for you if you're into...
- Ancestor AIs and sentient ships with messy family baggage
- Imperial space intrigue haunted by old grief
- Psychological deep-space mysteries with queer emotional stakes
Dominion of the Fallen
This series is for you if you're into...
- Post-apocalyptic Paris ruled by Fallen angel Houses
- Shifting magical power plays with no safe alliances
- Characters cornered by addiction and brutal magical bargains
Dragons and Blades
This series is for you if you're into...
- Vietnamese-inspired fantasy with High Gothic C-drama energy
- Married snark machines solving murders amid vicious family politics
- Romantic dark fantasy with ghosts and lethal magic
Xuya Universe Romances
This series is for you if you're into...
- Slow-burn alliances turning romantic under political pressure
- Love stories sharpened by revenge in corrupt space courts
- Lush space opera with dangerous loyalties
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