Hell's Heart

A witty, slow-burn sapphic romance and thrilling sci fi space adventure

De: Alexis Hall

Narrado por: Charli Anne Delores

Bold, queer and utterly thrilling, Hell's Heart is a speculative, spicy, slow-burn adventure
from the bestselling author of Boyfriend Material, Alexis Hall.

Earth is dead. Which leaves humanity stuck living under domes on planets that will kill them if they run out of fuel – fuel harvested at great risk from gargantuan space monsters.

Following a charismatic captain, a nameless voyager joins this monster hunt. She’s hoping to get paid, and maybe laid. And in the
ship’s close quarters, she finds an unlikely ally in Q, a fierce woman from old earth, whose touch ignites something within her.

Ordered to pursue the greatest leviathan of all, the crew will fight beasts, other ships and one another.
All in search of their nemesis, above the roiling red heart of that world.

‘Moby Dick meets Treasure Planet by way of Fleabag’
– Sarah Gailey

‘Equal parts funny, saucy and philosophical’
– Scientific American

‘A joy . . . unputdownable’
– Locus Magazine

Reseñas de la Crítica

Hell's Heart is a startling, ferocious love letter to all the rawest emotions the human body can produce. Hall is a master of voice and scale, and this relentlessly gripping ode to the splendours and miseries of existence is no exception. I can't think of anyone else who could successfully pull off Moby Dick meets Treasure Planet by way of Fleabag – an unbelievable accomplishment from a tremendous author (Sarah Gailey, USA Today bestselling author of Spread Me and Just Like Home)

Wow (John Scalzi, author of When the Moon Hits Your Eye)

Charli Anne Delores manifests a nameless narrator with a self-destructive streak in this SF reimagining of Moby-Dick... A queer fever dream made real by committed narration

Fey, funny, and extremely metal (Malka Older, author of The Mimicking of Known Successes)

Hall’s best, weirdest, and most snarkily delightful book yet (Ruthanna Emrys, author of A Half-Built Garden)

A towering love song to both Melville and Joan D. Vinge, a marvelous, intricate, heart-shattering romp (Lilith Saintcrow, author of Strange Angels)

Goes like gangbusters and is entirely unhinged. I'll follow Alexis Hall anywhere (Kelly Robson, author of High Times in the Low Parliament)

One of my favourite books of the year

Stop everything!! TlA must-read from Alexis Hall

Hell’s Heart is the most perfect thing in the universe and proves once again that Alexis Hall is about 2 kilometers above everyone else.
The plot, in short, is a "queer/lesbian version of Moby Dick, but in space." The ship is a spaceship, Ahab is still a captain obsessed with killing the whale that took her leg, the ocean is on the planet Jupiter, the whale is hunted for its brain fluid which provides fuel for the galaxy, and the narrator is, well, wonderful. And did I mention it’s a new Alexis Hall release?

Perfect escapism. Like the original Moby Dick, the whale is a metaphor for life, the characters represent all of humanity, and everything is covered in a razor-sharp, stark layer of irony because, as mentioned, Alexis Hall is gifted.


Important to know:

1. You can read it even without being familiar with the original version.

2. The audiobook is stunning, for those who find reading in English difficult.

3. Alexis Hall, like Cipralex, is a must-have product in your home.



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