Annex

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At first it is a nightmare. When the invaders arrive, the world as they know it is destroyed. Their friends are kidnapped. Their families are changed.

Then it is a dream. With no adults left to run things, Violet and the others who have escaped capture are truly free for the first time. They can do whatever they want to do. They can be whoever they want to be.

But the invaders won't leave them alone for long...

This thrilling debut by one of the most acclaimed short form writers in science fiction tells the story of a young trans girl who must find a way to fight back against the aliens who have taken over her city.

Reviews

Annex is a ferocious sci-fi fairy tale--a warm, thrilling adventure about what happens after the end of the world. Both epic and intimate in equal measure, this one's a joy and a blast, from beginning to end.--Cherie Priest, author of Boneshaker and I Am Princess X
Annex's combination of a likable and diverse cast of characters with breakneck, engaging action-all against the background of an evocative and sinister world-make it an accomplished and impressive debut.--Booklist
A thrilling and imaginative entry into the alien invasion genre with two fierce and desperate young protagonists you won't be able to stop rooting for.--Fonda Lee, Nebula-nominated author of Jade City
An energetic, nonstop adventure.--Chicago Tribune
An exciting twist on a hostile-alien-takeover drama...exhilarating.--Washington Post
Deftly plotted and packing a few interesting twists, Annex delivers.--Kirkus
Insightful and piercing.--B&N Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog
Larson's breakneck pace end up making [Annex] exhilarating, and well worth waiting for the next volume.--Locus
Rich Larson has an amazing knack for capturing the lonesomeness of growing up, and how much random cruelty and steadfast companionship there is in childhood. Not to mention, just how alien and scary families can be.--Charlie Jane Anders, author of All the Birds in the Sky
Rich Larson presents a uniquely compelling apocalypse--equal parts frightening and touching.--Alex White, author of A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe
Wunderkind Rich Larson's Annex gives us nonstop action set pieces as breathtakingly clever as they are relentless and a vivid, compelling cast. Sequels now, please!--Mike Allen, author of Unseaming

Author Bio

Rich Larson was born in Galmi, Niger, to an American father and a Canadian mother. He has since lived in Grande Prairie, Alberta, studied in both Edmonton and in Providence, Rhode Island, and worked in a small Spanish town outside Seville. He currently writes from Ottawa, Canada. His speculative fiction has been translated into Polish and Italian, featured on io9, and appears in numerous Year's Best anthologies.

Rich has received the Dell Award and Rannu Prize for Writers of Speculative Fiction, while his literary short work has been nominated for both the Pushcart and Journey Prize. He was a semifinalist for the Norman Mailer Poetry Prize. Alongside writing, he enjoys soccer, basketball, foreign languages, travel, sketching, and pool.