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	Mohrbooks Literary Agency Sebastian Ritscher
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English
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Science fiction

ANNEX

Richard Larson

ANNEX is an astonishing debut novel from an up-and-coming speculative fiction writer, Rich Larson. In ANNEX, Larson turns the alien invasion novel inside out and crafts a gritty but all too real nightmare, starring one of the most striking fictional waifs since Paolo Bacigalupi's Ship Breaker. This dystopian re-imagining of The Lord of the Flies combines the action of Independence Day with literary storytelling will appeal to readers of character-driven crossover fiction.

The pods arrive, bringing Othermothers with them, and everything changes. Families are torn apart, children abducted, adults turned into zombie-like wasters, but a small group of kids manages to survive. Despite all the chaos and destruction around her, Violet hasn't been able to stop smiling. At last, she's able to look in the mirror and recognize who she was always meant to be. Gone are the disapproving taunts of her drunk father and the bullying from other boys. With an unlimited supply of hormones and a new family in The Lost Boys, she has everything she has ever wanted. Violet and the Lost Boys can be whoever they want to be, do whatever they want to do, and create the society they always dreamed of. But, they will soon learn that this freedom comes at a cost.

Larson was born in West Africa, has studied in Rhode Island and worked in Spain. He has received the Dell Award and Rannu Prize for Writers of Speculative Fiction, while his literary short work has been nominated for both the Pushcart and Journey Prize. His speculative fiction has been nominated for the Theodore Sturgeon Prize, featured on io9, and appears in numerous Year's Best anthologies. In 2011 his novel Devolution was a finalist for the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award. Alongside writing, he enjoys soccer, basketball, foreign languages, travel, sketching, and pool. Rich currently writes from Ottawa, Canada where he is pursuing a graduate degree in translation.

Available products
Book Published 2018-07-24 by Orbit
Book Published 2018-07-24 by Orbit

Comments

Amazon chose ANNEX by Rich Larson as one of its Best Books of the Month for July, in the Science Fiction & Fantasy Category!

Annex's combination of a likable and diverse cast of characters with breakneck, engaging actionall against the background of an evocative and sinister world - make it an accomplished and impressive debut.

[Rich Larson is] one of the best new writers to enter science fiction in more than a decade.

Larson's breakneck pace end up making [Annex] exhilarating, and well worth waiting for the next volume.

An exciting twist on a hostile-alien-takeover drama... exhilarating.

Rich Larson presents a uniquely compelling apocalypse--equal parts frightening and touching.

Annex is a ferocious sci-fi fairy tale--a warm, thrilling adventure about what happens after the end of the world. Both epic and intimate in equal measure, this one's a joy and a blast, from beginning to end.

Rich Larson has an amazing knack for capturing the lonesomeness of growing up, and how much random cruelty and steadfast companionship there is in childhood. Not to mention, just how alien and scary families can be.

A thrilling and imaginative entry into the alien invasion genre with two fierce and desperate young protagonists you won't be able to stop rooting for.

Wunderkind Rich Larson's Annex gives us nonstop action set pieces as breathtakingly clever as they are relentless and a vivid, compelling cast. Sequels now, please!