• Rosewater

  • The Wormwood Trilogy, Book 1
  • By: Tade Thompson
  • Narrated by: Bayo Gbadamosi
  • Length: 13 hrs and 36 mins
  • 3.8 out of 5 stars (33 ratings)

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Rosewater

By: Tade Thompson
Narrated by: Bayo Gbadamosi
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Publisher's summary

Winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award 2019

Winner of the inaugural Nommo Award for Best Novel, Africa's first award for speculative fiction

Shortlisted for the Kitschie Award for Best Novel 2019

John W. Campbell Award finalist for Best Science Fiction Novel

Rosewater is a town on the edge. A community formed around the edges of a mysterious alien biodome, its residents comprise the hopeful, the hungry and the helpless - people eager for a glimpse inside the dome or a taste of its rumoured healing powers.

Kaaro is a government agent with a criminal past. He has seen inside the biodome, and doesn't care to again - but when something begins killing off others like himself, Kaaro must defy his masters to search for an answer, facing his dark history and coming to a realisation about a horrifying future.

©2017 Tade Thompson (P)2018 Hachette Audio UK

Critic reviews

"A magnificent tour de force." (Adrian Tchaikovsky)

"Smart. Gripping. Fabulous!" (Ann Leckie)

"Mesmerising" (M. R. Carey)

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Mediocre writing. The plot is nothing stellar.

The plot may get better in the other books, but I will not be investing on them.

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