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Rakesfall

By Vajra Chandrasekera
Rakesfall by Vajra Chandrasekera digital book - Fable

Publisher Description

WINNER of the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction | WINNER of the Otherwise Award | Finalist for the Nebula Award for Best Novel | Finalist for the Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel

Rakesfall is a groundbreaking, standalone science fiction epic about two souls bound together from here until the ends of time, from the author of award-winning novel The Saint of Bright Doors.


Some stories take more than one lifetime to tell. There are wrongs that echo through the ages, friendships that outpace the claws of death, loves that leave their mark on civilization, and promises that nothing can break. This is one such story.

Annelid and Leveret met as children in the middle of the Sri Lankan civil war. They found each other in a torn-up nation, peering through propaganda to grasp a deeper truth. And in a demon-haunted wood, another act of violence linked them and propelled their souls on a journey throughout the ages. No world can hold them, no life can bind them, and they'll never leave each other behind.

Tracing two souls through endless lifetimes, Rakesfall is a virtuosic exploration of what stories can be. As Annelid and Leveret reincarnate ever deeper into the future, they will chase the edge of human possibility in a dark science fiction epic unlike anything you've read before.

At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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“Chandrasekera is incredibly playful with perspective and narrative structure. I thought this was a really interesting and well-written novel, but it never really sucked me in on a deeper or more emotional level. Rakesfall is a really unique reading experience. Chandrasekera tells the story of two interconnected souls through multiple reincarnations and timelines. He experiments with style constantly, shifting the narrative in terms of perspective and form with each act of the story. I think if you're a fan of Simon Jimenez's The Spear Cuts Through Water, you'll probably enjoy this novel as well. For me, it just didn’t connect with me outside of its literary playfulness. Still, I thought this was very good and I think it's worth a read if you're into weirder, more experimental narrative structures.”

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