Jennifer Marie Brissett – författare

In a haunting Afrofuturistic tale, aliens resettle the remnants of humanity on planet Eleusis—where three stories intertwine in a sinister underworld of genetic engineering, trafficking, and insurgency.Having destroyed Earth, the alien conquerors relocate the surviving humans to the planet Eleusis. In the four habitable regions—Day, Dusk, Dawn, and Night—a complex web of power struggles unfolds:In the agrarian outskirts of Dusk, a violent warlord kidnaps a young girl, leaving her mother desperate and grieving.In a criminal underground where children are trafficked for unknown purposes, genetically modified twin brothers search for the lost son of a human/alien couple.In the war-torn borderlands of Night, a young woman with inhuman powers rises through the ranks of an insurgent army.Across years and regions, their stories converge in a single confrontation that will determine the fate of humans and aliens alike. With unflinching portrayals of physical and sexual violence, Destroyer of Light weaves a dark and intricate tale that skirts the boundaries of space opera and Greek tragedy.Selected Accolades:Kirkus—Best Fiction Books of the Year 2021Tor.com—Best of the Year 2021New York Public Library—Nine New Sci-Fi & Fantasy ReadsBookriot—20 Must Read Space Fantasy Books for 2021Book Bub—The 24 Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Books of Fall 2021BiblioLifestyle—Most Anticipated Fall 2021 Sci-fi, Fantasy & HorrorAt the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

The Matrix meets an Afro-futuristic retelling of Persephone set in a science fiction underworld of aliens, refugees, and genetic engineering in Jennifer Marie Brissett''s Destroyer of LightKirkus—Best Fiction Books of the Year 2021Tor.com—Best of the Year 2021New York Public Library—Nine New Sci-Fi & Fantasy ReadsBookriot—20 Must Read Space Fantasy Books for 2021Book Bub—The 24 Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Books of Fall 2021BiblioLifestyle—Most Anticipated Fall 2021 Sci-fi, Fantasy & HorrorHaving destroyed Earth, the alien conquerors resettle the remains of humanity on the planet of Eleusis. In the four habitable areas of the planet—Day, Dusk, Dawn, and Night—the haves and have nots, criminals and dissidents, and former alien conquerors irrevocably bind three stories:*A violent warlord abducts a young girl from the agrarian outskirts of Dusk leaving her mother searching and grieving.*Genetically modified twin brothers desperately search for the lost son of a human/alien couple in a criminal underground trafficking children for unknown purposes.*A young woman with inhuman powers rises through the insurgent ranks of soldiers in the borderlands of Night.Their stories, often containing disturbing physical and sexual violence, skate across years, building to a single confrontation when the fate of all—human and alien—balances upon a knife’s-edge. A Macmillan Audio production from Tor Books

A computer program etched into the atmosphere has a story to tell—the story of two people, of a city lost to chaos, of survival and love. The program’s data, however, has been corrupted. As the novel’s characters struggle to survive the apocalypse, they are sustained and challenged by the demands of love in a shattered world both haunted and dangerous.