Set hundreds of years in the future on a dying planet, this book follows student Sophie and smuggler Mouth as they try to find their own way in life. Sophie took the fall for a friend and was cast into the harsh dark and frozen side of their tidally locked planet, miraculously surviving, though not without both trauma from her ordeal and a fondness for the alien creatures that saved her. Meanwhile, Mouth has spent her life on the road, traveling the thin line between the sunny side and the dark side of the planet, first with a group of nomads, and now as part of a smuggling crew that illegally transports goods between the planet’s two major cities.
This book is full of haunting histories, a confusing present, an uncertain future, and plenty of thought-provoking cultural clashes. It's the second time I've read it in as many years, and I loved it just as much this time as I did the first. I can't wait to see what the Orcs & Aliens book group thinks of this one next month, as there's plenty of fodder for discussion.
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