Rakesfall

A work of boundless creativity. Every mind-expanding chapter is another twist of the kaleidoscope. This is a fearless, hallucinatory novel that takes colonial (and all) power structures on with art and style – Ray Nayler, Locus Award-winning author of THE MOUNTAIN IN THE SEA
Rakesfall is a book that never lets you forget you’re engaged in the act of reading it and will be enjoyable to the extent that one enjoys a challenge - both in the sense of difficulty, and in the sense of confrontation * The New York Times *
Chandrasekera’s characters’ journey through fantastical worlds across millennia is reminiscent of This Is How You Lose the Time War… Recommended for fans of ambitious speculative fiction that tackles systems of oppression in fresh ways * Library Journal, starred review *
Luminous, wrenching, intense - Rakesfall left me breathless… If this is not considered a work of genius, we have lost the meaning of the word – Premee Mohamed, author of THE BUTCHER OF THE FOREST
Rakesfall is a story that aims to give its reader the impossible sensation of falling through worlds and lives in a never-ending cycle of reincarnation tied to a cosmic war, and is every bit as epic, challenging, and discombobulating as that sounds. There’s nothing quite like a Vajra Chandrasekera novel – Indrapramit Das, author of THE DEVOURERS
Readers… will be rewarded by this rich and sweeping epic * Publishers Weekly *
Poetic and unique * Kirkus Reviews *
Chandrasekera follows two entwined souls through an endless cycle of reincarnation and destruction in this slipstream novel, a poetic saga about identity and memory, colonialism and revolution, connection and commitment * Booklist *

Vajra Chandrasekera is from Colombo, Sri Lanka. His debut novel The Saint of Bright Doors won Nebula, Ignyte, Crawford, and Locus awards, and was nominated for the Le Guin, Lammy, and Hugo awards, among others. His second novel Rakesfall is a New York Times Notable Book of 2024.

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