White Queen

Aleutian, Book 1

By: Gwyneth Jones

Narrated by: Laurence Bouvard

"Seductively weird ... populated by characters that live on in the mind long after the book's been put back on the shelf" - Iain Banks

"a true, sophisticated modern classic" - Amazon Reviewer, 5 stars

2038. Earth has been ravaged by a series of natural disasters. Retroviruses run rampant throughout its population. Economic failure has destabilised the world.

Then the aliens arrive.

With no understanding of their intent, the anti-alien group White Queen works to turn humans against these extraterrestrial tourists. Caught in the middle is Johnny Guglio, an American exile whose only fault was living near the landing site, and Braemar Wilson, a cutthroat reporter who will do whatever she needs to get ahead of the story. It seems that being caught in the middle is the best place for them to uncover the truth.

White Queen is the first in Gwyneth Jones' critically acclaimed Aleutian Trilogy.©2021 Gwyneth Jones (P)2021 Gateway

Brilliant, conceptual, and so psychologically on point

Jones has amazing insight into the souls of beings, human and otherwise. With feminist insight and expanded genders and most importantly biology-centered speculative science, she touches on all the hugest issues of our time. There are some truly disgusting moments, but it’s not horror. So many times while listening to this book, I heard something so pithy, profound, and universal, it was like dizziness while looking at the stars. Jones is a master, and to top it off, her writing has scattered among its sci-fi delights, unexpectedly romantic and sexy scenes.