Stars, Hide Your Fires
“Naudus’s careful characterizations and well-paced performance play events close to the vest, keeping the identity of the murderer in question as numerous red herrings vie for listeners’ attention.”
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A Publishers Weekly Pick of the Week's Best YA Books
A Locus Magazine Pick of July
A Tor.com Pick of Young Adult SFF for Summer
A Geek Girl Authority Pick of New Books
A Pop Goes the Reader Pick of YA Debut Novels
A Los Angeles County Library Choice of the Month
A SmartBitchesTrashy Books.com Pick
A Strange Horizons Pick of Stand-Out Books
A Hal Clement Notable Young Adult Book Pick
Finalist for the Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award for Young Adult Fiction
A wanted thief. A murdered emperor. A killer loose on the station.
Knives Out goes sci-fi in this gripping YA mystery set in space.
As an expert thief from a minor moon, Cass knows a good mark when she sees one. The emperor's ball is her chance to steal a fortune for herself, her ailing father, and her scrappy crew of thieves and market vendors.
Her plan is simple:
1. Hitch a ride to the planet of Ouris, the dazzling heart of the empire.
2. Sneak onto the imperial palace station to attend the emperor's ball.
3. Steal from the rich, the royal, and the insufferable.
But on the station, things quickly go awry. When the emperor is found dead, everyone in the palace is a suspect-and someone is setting Cass up to take the fall. To clear her name, Cass must work with an unlikely ally: a gorgeous and mysterious rebel with her own reasons for being on the station. Together, they unravel a secret that could change the fate of the empire.
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