The World Gives Way

A Novel

De: Marissa Levien

Narrado por: Christine Lakin

A Ray Bradbury Prize for Science Fiction, Fantasy & Speculative Fiction Finalist

In a near-future world on the brink of collapse, a young woman born into servitude must seize her own freedom in this glittering debut with a brilliant twist—perfect for fans of Station Eleven, Karen Thompson Walker, and Naomi Alderman.

In fifty years, Myrra will be free.

Until then, she's a contract worker. Ever since she was five, her life and labor have belonged to the highest bidder on her contract—butchers, laundries, and now the powerful, secretive Carlyles.

But when one night finds the Carlyles dead, Myrra is suddenly free a lot sooner than she anticipated—and at a cost she never could have imagined. Burdened with the Carlyles' orphaned daughter and the terrible secret they died to escape, she runs. With time running out, Myrra must come face to face with the truth about her world—and embrace what's left before it's too late.

A sweeping novel with a darkly glimmering heart, The World Gives Way is an unforgettable portrait of a world in freefall, and the fierce drive to live even at the end of it all.

A New York Times Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Novel of 2021

A Fortune Magazine Best Book of 2021

"A staggering marvel."—TheNew York Times

"The World Gives Way has a sweeping world rich in lore and an electric plot."—Brandon Taylor, Booker Prize-nominated author of Real Life

Excellent dystopian read

Loved the story and the narrator, too. A dystopian read that was just sci-fi enough to provide space from our current state of the world.

Holy wow, this book

The narrator is excellent and this story is fantastic. I am so moved. Highly recommend.

Not at all the interesting story it might have been

Has a good set up just no followthrough. But the author keeeps you reading because you think, something interesting will have to happen. IMO it doesnt.

Sudden ending

The ending was too sudden. How did they die? Is there a book two. Please.

A new take on interplanetary diaspora

Terra dies and a monstrous ship is sent towards a new solar system to develop a new home for humanity but hundreds of years into the trip a major failure starts to develop in the ship. This Is a a story of how a few people cope with that time. One a young indentured servant. The other the son of two cons who becomes a security officer.