★★★★★Read 10 chaptersyesterday
Worth staying up late for
The opening chapter had me hooked, and the slow reveal keeps paying off. Characters feel like real people with real reasons.
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On a station orbiting a dead star, the last orchard grows apples made of glass. Botanist Ilse Maren is sent to find out why the trees have started bearing fruit with faces in them — and why the station AI insists the orchard was never planted.
The opening chapter had me hooked, and the slow reveal keeps paying off. Characters feel like real people with real reasons.
Gorgeous prose and an unusual premise. The middle stretch is slower, but the last arc is worth every chapter.
Comfort reading with surprising depth. I look forward to every new release and reread the free chapters often.