
The deeper they get into their charade, however, the more they start to doubt their convictions. Yet their survival banks on mastering the holy mech they are supposedly destined for, and convincing the Emperor of the Faithful that they are the real deal.

Their angel is a delusion, brought on by hereditary space exposure.

Raised on a remote moon colony, they don’t believe in any kind of god. It’s an old, familiar story: a young person hears the voice of an angel saying they have been chosen as a warrior to lead their people to victory in a holy war.īut Misery Nomaki (she/they) knows they are a fraud.

An immersive, electrifying space-fantasy, Neon Yang's debut novel The Genesis of Misery is full of high-tech space battles and political machinations, starring a queer and diverse array of pilots, princesses, and prophetic heirs.
