For Ages
12 to 99

Moonstorm is a part of the Moonstorm collection.

FINALIST FOR THE NEBULA AND LODESTAR AWARDS • LOCUS AWARD WINNING AUTHOR • "MASTERFULLY CRAFTED."—Axie Oh, New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea

* "THRILLING." —Booklist, starred review

EVEN GRAVITY COMES AT A PRICE.

In a society where conformity is valued above all else, a teen girl training to become an Imperial pilot is forced to return to her rebel roots to save her world in this adrenaline-fueled sci-fi…

An Excerpt fromMoonstorm

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Hwa Young, then called Hwajin, was ten years old when her world, quite literally, fell apart.

It wasn’t a world, technically, but a clanner moon called Carnelian for the red hue of its soil. Like all the moons and moonlets in the Moonstorm, it had an erratic orbit. Unfortunately, this month its path had taken it close to the border of the Empire of New Joseon, which left the adults of Hwajin’s household arguing over whether they needed to evacuate and shelter from Imperial attackers.

Mother Aera glowered at Eldest Paik, who stood blocking the door. “You’re wasting time,” she said. “The sooner we get out of here, the safer we’ll be. I was just on the comms with the lookout tower. The Imperials are sending a real fleet for once, not a detachment of raiders.”

“It’s just another false alarm,” Eldest Paik said. Zie had unusual light eyes, almost amber, which shone against zir tawny skin and black hair, shared by most clanners. The oldest of the household’s five adults, Paik was adamantly against taking shelter. Zie…