{"product_id":"twiceborn-c-l-kagmi-9798985076103","title":"Twiceborn","description":"\u003cp\u003eWe all evolve. Our abilities, our bodies, and our opinions change. For the people in these stories, some changes are more radical than others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWould you end one life to make way for another?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWould you leave the world you know for one more beautiful and dangerous?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you could give humans immortality-and the dangerous powers that go with it-would you?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection of six stories spans three fictional universes whose citizens have solved the problem of mortality in different ways.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach solution comes with a price we may someday be asked to pay. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I love Kagmi's characterization, but it's the worldbuilding which sets her apart. Visions of the future should be shocking, and this unsettling alien world is what a very good future looks like.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Jamie Wahls, Nebula-nominated author of \"Utopia, LOL\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Kagmi plays out the implications of her imaginative concepts far beyond what most authors could dream up. She makes the unreal feel real.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-David VonAllmen, Baen Fantasy Award-winning author of \"Dragon's Hand\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"C.L. Kagmi's universes are mental playgrounds you never want to tear away from.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Briar Gray, author of \"Fishers of Men\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"C. L. Kagmi creates worlds you believe in and fills them with people you care about. Each story dives deep into a realm of alien beauty and complex, difficult truths.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Cliff Winnig, author of \"The Call of the Sky\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Kagmi's stories are rich with reflective characters and captivating scenery-while giving a fascinating glimpse into the worlds that await humankind should we remain as driven and optimistic as the author.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Doug C. Souza, author of \"The Callisto Stakes\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"My favorite kind of sci-fi. Stories where human (and alien) hopes and fears are somehow amplified, rather than dwarfed, by cosmic scale.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Dustin Steinacker, author of \"Reading Dead Lips\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou can follow C. L. Kagmi at CLKagmi.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e C. L. Kagmi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798985076103\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stella Luma Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/21\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 164\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.38d","brand":"C. L. Kagmi","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47474444304639,"sku":"9798985076103","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0d552ad8-9dbd-4004-8d2a-127bb82f7699.jpg?v=1762316777","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/twiceborn-c-l-kagmi-9798985076103","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}