{"product_id":"orbit-of-strangers-ethel-gregory-9781934232767","title":"Orbit of Strangers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMeet Bcqu-a highly specialized research team tasked with exploring and documenting the ecosystems of hazardous planets. Coordinating dangerous interstellar missions is easy when you share one mind, one purpose, and one identity. Because Bcqu isn't a group-it's a single consciousness, perfectly synchronized across multiple bodies.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUntil something goes wrong.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring what was supposed to be a routine mission on the seemingly unremarkable planet GU-T64A, one fragment of Bcqu-known as Speaker-is separated from the collective in a catastrophic error. Flung 10,000 lightyears from civilization, Speaker is left alone, isolated, and disoriented, functioning as just a fragment of the entity he once was.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis only companion? The engineer whose mistake caused his exile. And her plan? Steal a ship and find a way home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the alien civilization they stumble upon is unlike anything Bcqu has ever encountered. For the first time, Speaker begins to experience true individuality, to form bonds not rooted in perfect mental symmetry-but in emotional resonance, in mutual understanding with others entirely unlike himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTorn between the familiarity of his former self and the strange beauty of connection with truly other minds, Speaker faces an impossible question: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIs returning to who you were... worth losing who you've become?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA mind-bending, emotionally rich sci-fi adventure about identity, autonomy, and what it really means to belong, this book is perfect for fans of Becky Chambers, Ann Leckie, and The Left Hand of Darkness.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ethel Gregory\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1934232769\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781934232767\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ethel Gregory\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/19\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 154\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.47lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.33d","brand":"Ethel Gregory","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48874403922175,"sku":"9781934232767","price":55.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/orbit-of-strangers-ethel-gregory-9781934232767","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}