
The Death I Gave Him
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Solaris · Ebook · September 10, 2024
Paperback edition of 2023's “Compellingly readable and unreservedly commendable” (Financial Times) queer sci-fi retelling of Shakespeare's Hamlet A Twenty-First Century Hamlet.
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- Who it’s for
- A queer sci-fi Hamlet retelling pairs a locked-lab mystery with questions about death and artificial intelligence.
- Themes
- Revenge, Death and its reversal, Secrets and betrayal
- Pacing
- Fast
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Paperback edition of 2023's “Compellingly readable and unreservedly commendable” (Financial Times) queer sci-fi retelling of Shakespeare's Hamlet A Twenty-First Century Hamlet. Hayden Lichfield’s life is ripped apart when he finds his father murdered in their lab, and the camera logs erased. The killer can only have been after one thing: the Sisyphus Formula the two of them developed together, which might one day reverse death itself.
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Hoping to lure the killer into the open, Hayden steals the research. In the process, he uncovers a recording his father made in the days before his death, and a dying wish: Avenge me… With the lab on lockdown, Hayden is trapped with four other people—his uncle Charles, lab technician Gabriel Rasmussen, research intern Felicia Xia and their head of security, Felicia’s father Paul—one of whom must be the killer. His only sure ally is the lab’s resident artificial intelligence, Horatio, who has been his dear friend and companion since its creation. With his world collapsing, Hayden must navigate the building’s secrets, uncover his father’s lies, and push the boundaries of sanity in the pursuit of revenge.
Revenge, Rewired
A queer sci-fi Hamlet retelling pairs a locked-lab mystery with questions about death and artificial intelligence.
Come here for
- Shakespearean revenge in a science-fiction frame
- A sealed lab, erased logs, and an AI companion
Expect
- A close-quarters murder mystery with secrets to untangle
- A pursuit of revenge that presses at the boundaries of sanity
Where it sits
| Sci-Fi Crime | 86% |
|---|---|
| LGBTQ+ Fiction | 47% |
| Tech Thrillers | 32% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Hard Sci-Fi
- Sci-Fi Crime
- Crime Fiction
- Tech Thrillers
- Authors
- Em X. Liu
- Publisher
- Solaris
- Published
- September 10, 2024
- Format
- Ebook
- Theme
- Revenge · Death and its reversal · Secrets and betrayal
- Reading lane
- Hard Sci-Fi