Archangel
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Thank you to those who were there from the first: Charles Coleman Finlay, Daniel Goss, and Sarah Prineas, who inspired me so greatly at the beginning of this journey—and who never hesitated to give me a verbal ass-kicking.
Thank you to those who welcomed me into a new world: Kat Beyer, Stephanie Burgess, Haddayr Copley-Woods, Andrea Hairston, Jed Hartman, Jackie Monkiewicz, Victor Raymond, Julia Starkey, Jen Volant.
Thank you to those who looked at the manuscript in its many incarnations: Barth Anderson, Bradford Kelly, Jessica Long, Jan Radder.
Thank you to my adopted family in the SCA: Phil Bartalotta, Jason Bickham, Jonathan Burkes, Demetra Hansen, Sui Jackson, Heather Green Jennings, Gretchen Allen Johns, Timothy Jones, Erik Just, Troy and Erica Liput, WN Lucas, Adam MacDonald, Chris Moore, Warren Thomas, Bill Wilks. Your friendship has been a haven during some dark and dangerous times.
Special thanks to my wonderfully patient agent, Kristopher O’Higgins; and to my friends John Klima and Steven Utley, all three of whom supported me ceaselessly.
Thanks are not enough to give to my long-suffering children and spouse, Sophia, Madeline, and Phil—my debt to you is beyond language.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
MARGUERITE REED enjoys a good fight. She battled for reproductive freedom for over a decade in one of the nation’s highest-profile abortion clinics and now continues that campaign as a sometime activist and public speaker. When she isn’t writing or campaigning, she enjoys lifting weights and wearing armor. She lives just east of the 100th meridian with her husband and children. Archangel is her first novel.
Also by Marguerite Reed
Legion (forthcoming)
Praise
“Marguerite Reed is a brave and audacious writer, with a strong and original voice.”
—Gardner Dozois,
editor of Year’s Best Science Fiction
“Marguerite Reed makes us ache and cheer for the lush xenobiology of Ubastis . . . The intimate portrayal of characters coupled with dazzling scientific and social speculation make for a great read.”
—Andrea Hairston,
winner of the James Tiptree Jr. Award and the Carl Brandon Parallax Award
“Reed is a skilled storyteller and the world of Ubastis is a vivid creation, with a Muslim culture that is simply part of the overall setting rather than a driver of the plot. Vashti is a troubled, fascinating protagonist whose story ends on a cliffhanger, with greater battles for the fate of Ubastis and her own family yet to come.”
—Publishers Weekly
“Reed writes like a techno-Valkerie with a flaming sword for a pen. Her prose will cut you, the action will make you sweat, and the characters will break your heart then patch it up again. This is science fiction adventure that attacks you like a Beast.”
—Charles Coleman Finlay,
editor of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
Archangel is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the products of the author’s imagination or are used in an absolutely fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons—living or dead—is entirely coincidental.
Copyright © 2015 by Marguerite Reed
All rights reserved, which means that no portion of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the express written permission of the publisher.
This is A003, and it has an ISBN of 978-1-63023-011-1.
This book was printed in the United States of America, and it is published by Arche Press, an imprint of Resurrection House (Puyallup, WA).
This is not Eden . . .
Edited by Darin Bradley
Cover Design by Resurrection House
Book Design by Aaron Leis
Copy Edit by Shannon Page
Ebook conversion by Hydra House
First trade paperback Arche Press edition: May 2015.
www.resurrectionhouse.com
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