A Goodreads Best Science Fiction Choice Award NomineeA New York Public Library Top 10 Book of 2022An 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."This is Joan of Arc meets Gideon the Ninth with a touch of Pacific Rim thrown in as a treat. A mind-blowing rollercoaster ride of a space opera, propulsive and strange in the best way."¿Rebecca Roanhorse, New York Times bestselling authorIt¿s a story you think you know: 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. But Misery Nomaki (she/they) knows they are a fraud. Raised on a remote moon colony, they don¿t believe in any kind of god. Their angel is a delusion, brought