Ogres
“Tchaikovsky takes a sharp look in this twisty social satire at a world in which, due to genetic modification, the 1%, now called ogres, literally tower over the 99%…Tchaikovsky’s second-person narration neatly reveals his protagonist while masking just how his destiny will play out. Readers with a bent for social commentary and solving puzzles will be doubly pleased.”
Publishers Weekly
Finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Novella
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Ogres are bigger than you. Ogres are stronger than you. Ogres rule the world.
It's always idyllic in the village until the landlord comes to call. Because the landlord is an Ogre. And Ogres rule the world, with their size and strength and appetites. It's always been that way. It's the natural order of the world. And they only eat people sometimes.
But when the headman's son, Torquell, dares lift his hand against the landlord's son, he sets himself on a path to learn the terrible truth about the Ogres, and about the dark sciences that ensured their rule.
© Adrian Tchaikovsky (P) Penguin Audio and Rebellion Publishing 2022
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