Archivist Wasp by Nicole Kornher-Stace
Wasp’s job is simple. Hunt ghosts. And every year she has to fight to remain Archivist. Desperate and alone, she strikes a bargain with the ghost of a supersoldier. She will go with him on his underworld hunt for the long-lost ghost of his partner and in exchange she will find out more about his pre-apocalyptic world than any Archivist before her. And there is much to know. After all, Archivists are marked from birth to do the holy work of a goddess. They’re chosen. They’re special. Or so they’ve been told for four hundred years.
Archivist Wasp fears she is not the chosen one, that she won’t survive the trip to the underworld, that the brutal life she has escaped might be better than where she is going. There is only one way to find out.
Representation Includes
- Aro-ace protagonist
Content Warnings
Scene where protagonist forces herself to vomit; contemplates suicide multiple times; child abuse; suffocation; dog death; tortureAwards
- Locus Award nominee
- Andre Norton Award finalist
Reviews
- Quartzen’s review
- The Illustrated Page’s review
- Liz Bourke’s review
- Christine Sandquist’s review
- Aentee’s review
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Details
- Published May 5th 2015 by Big Mouth House (first published April 13th 2015)
- Paperback ISBN13: 9781618730978