The deep sky

Title:

The deep sky

Author:

Summary:

It is the eve of Earth’s environmental collapse. A single ship carries humanity’s last hope: eighty elite graduates of a competitive program, who will give birth to a generation of children in deep space. But halfway to a distant but livable planet, a lethal bomb kills three of the crew and knocks The Phoenix off course. Asuka, the only surviving witness, is an immediate suspect. As the mystery unfolds on the ship, poignant flashbacks reveal how Asuka came to be picked for the mission. Despite struggling through training back on Earth, she was chosen to represent Japan, a country she only partly knows as a half-Japanese girl raised in America. But estranged from her mother back home, The Phoenix is all she has left. With the crew turning on each other, Asuka is determined to find the culprit before they all lose faith in the mission―or worse, the bomber strikes again. -- Amazon.

Edition:

First edition.

Physical Description:

397 pages : iillustration, map ; 25 cm

Genre:

Science fiction.

Thrillers (Fiction)

Subject Term:

Artificial intelligence -- Fiction.

Murder -- Fiction.

Space vehicles -- Fiction.

Sabotage -- Fiction.

Bombers -- Fiction.

Interplanetary voyages -- Fiction.

Japanese Americans -- Fiction.

Geographic Term:

Outer space -- Fiction.

Publisher:

Flatiron Books,

Publication Date:

2023

ISBN:

9781250875334

Publication Information:

New York : Flatiron Books, 2023.

Call Number:

KITASEI

Holds: Copies:

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Summary

Yume Kitasei's The Deep Sky is an enthralling sci fi thriller debut about a mission into deep space that begins with a lethal explosion that leaves the survivors questioning the loyalty of the crew.

They left Earth to save humanity. They'll have to save themselves first.

It is the eve of Earth's environmental collapse. A single ship carries humanity's last hope: eighty elite graduates of a competitive program, who will give birth to a generation of children in deep space. But halfway to a distant but livable planet, a lethal bomb kills three of the crew and knocks The Phoenix off course. Asuka, the only surviving witness, is an immediate suspect.

As the mystery unfolds on the ship, poignant flashbacks reveal how Asuka came to be picked for the mission. Despite struggling through training back on Earth, she was chosen to represent Japan, a country she only partly knows as a half-Japanese girl raised in America. But estranged from her mother back home, The Phoenix is all she has left.

With the crew turning on each other, Asuka is determined to find the culprit before they all lose faith in the mission--or worse, the bomber strikes again.

Author Notes

Yume Kitasei is the author of The Deep Sky and The Stardust Grail . She is Japanese and American and grew up in a space between two cultures--the same space where her stories reside. She lives in Brooklyn with two cats, Boondoggle and Filibuster. Her stories have appeared in publications including New England Review , Catapult, SmokeLong Quarterly , and Baltimore Review . Visit her online at yumekitasei.com.

Reviews (1)

Publisher's Weekly Review

Kitasei sets her action-packed near-future debut against the backdrop of impending human extinction. In the face of global warfare, terrorism, and ecological collapse, the ambitious EvenStar project offers humanity a chance to start fresh, sending the spaceship Phoenix to colonize a new world. Asuka is selected for the crew from the crème de la crème of Earth's youth, but she grapples with imposter syndrome, convinced that her crewmates are all more competent and deserving than she is. When she fails to conceive a child en route, a critical component of the mission, it only compounds her feelings of failure and inadequacy. An explosion throws the Phoenix off course, prompting concerns there may be a terrorist aboard the ship. When suspicion lands on Asuka, she must--with the aid of a buggy and enigmatic AI--find a way to clear her name and keep all hell from breaking loose on the cramped ship. Frequent flashbacks to Asuka's past on Earth interrupt this tense spacefaring mystery, and though some readers may find this distracting, they successfully add context for and complexity to the resilient heroine. The result is a remarkable story of endurance and hope. Agent: Mary C. Moore, Kimberley Cameron & Assoc. (July)