Título: Skinner Luce: A Novel (English Edition)
Autor: Patricia Ward
Sinopse: Skinner was what servs called each other. It was because they were fake, their skins a disguise Every year when the deep cold of winter sets in, unbeknownst to humanity, dangerous visitors arrive from another world. Disguised as humans, the Nafikh move among us in secret, hungry for tastes of this existence. Their fickle, often-violent needs must be accommodated at all times, and the price of keeping them satisfied is paid most heavily by servs. Created by the Nafikh to attend their every whim, servs are physically indistinguishable from humans but for the Source, the painful, white-hot energy that both animates and enslaves them. Destined to live in pain, unable to escape their bondage, servs dwell in a bleak underworld where life is brutal and short. Lucy is a serv who arrived as a baby and by chance was adopted by humans. Shes an outcast among outcasts, struggling to find a place where she truly belongs. For years she has been walking a tightrope, balancing between the horrors of her serv existence and the ordinary life she desperately longs to maintain; her human family unaware of her darkest secrets. But when the body of a serv child turns up and Lucy is implicated in the gruesome death, the worlds shes tried so hard to keep separate collide. Hounded by the police, turned upon by the servs who once held her dear, she must protect her family and the life shes made for herself. Skyhorse Publishing, under our Night Shade and Talos imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of titles for readers interested in science fiction (space opera, time travel, hard SF, alien invasion, near-future dystopia), fantasy (grimdark, sword and sorcery, contemporary urban fantasy, steampunk, alternative history), and horror (zombies, vampires, and the occult and supernatural), and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller, a national bestseller, or a Hugo or Nebula award-winner, we are committed to publishing quality books from a diverse group of authors.
Contexto da obra
Quando a classificação é mais ampla, o contexto do livro costuma depender ainda mais de autoria, tema e edição. “Skinner Luce: A Novel (English Edition)”, de Patricia Ward, publicado pela editora Talos, em 2016 e com 354 páginas, integra a categoria Livros Variados. Por isso, autoria, edição e tema acabam tendo ainda mais peso na forma de apresentar o livro.
Editora: Talos
Páginas: 354
Ano: 2016
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Linguagem: português
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Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora Talos costumam mergulhar o leitor em universos densos, onde conflitos intensos entre personagens e forças maiores — sejam de natureza política, sobrenatural ou tecnológica — definem o ritmo da narrativa. O catálogo apresenta histórias que oscilam entre cenários distópicos urbanos, desertos implacáveis e cidades em guerra, sempre com um tom que mistura tensão e urgência. Apesar do predomínio do fantástico e da ficção científica, há também espaço para narrativas gráficas que exploram temas como ciência, cultura e espiritualidade, ampliando as possibilidades de leitura. A experiência é marcada por enredos que frequentemente envolvem decisões morais complexas, dilemas de sobrevivência e a luta por identidade em ambientes hostis.
