The Galaxy Game (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780345534071)

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR - A gripping science fiction saga about three students from a school for those with extraordinary powers, from the award-winning author of The Best of All Possible Worlds

"A smart science fictional fable as inventive and involving as it is finally vital."--Tordotcom

On the verge of adulthood, Rafi attends the Lyceum, a school for the psionically gifted. Rafi possesses mental abilities that might benefit people . . . or control them. Some wish to help Rafi wield his powers responsibly; others see him as a threat to be contained. Rafi's only freedom at the Lyceum is Wallrunning: a game of speed and agility played on vast vertical surfaces riddled with variable gravity fields.

Serendipity and Ntenman are also students at the Lyceum, but unlike Rafi, they come from communities where such abilities are valued. Serendipity finds the Lyceum as much a prison as a school, and she yearns for a meaningful life beyond its gates. Ntenman, with his quick tongue, quicker mind, and a willingness to bend if not break the rules, has no problem fitting in. But he too has his reasons for wanting to escape.

Now the three friends are about to experience a moment of violent change as seething tensions between rival star-faring civilizations come to a head. For Serendipity, this change will challenge her ideas of community and self. For Ntenman, it will open new opportunities and new dangers. And for Rafi, given a chance to train with some of the best Wallrunners in the galaxy, it will lead to the discovery that there is more to Wallrunning than he ever suspected . . . and more to himself than he ever dreamed.

Includes two bonus short stories

"There is a weight and grace to [Lord's] prose that put me in mind of pewter jewelry."--NPR

"This novel is a satisfying exercise in being off-balance, a visceral lesson in how to fall forward and catch yourself in an amazing new place."--The Seattle Times

Author: Karen Lord
ISBN-10: 0345534077
ISBN-13: 9780345534071
Publisher: Del Rey Books
Language: English
Published: 01/06/2015
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.90d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 03/15/2014 pg. 92
Library Journal 03/15/2014 pg. 92
Publishers Weekly 10/06/2014
Library Journal 11/15/2014 pg. 67
Romantic Times 01/01/2015 pg. 53 - Very Good
Kirkus Reviews 12/01/2014
Booklist 12/15/2014 pg. 35