{"id":3418,"date":"2021-09-03T10:02:17","date_gmt":"2021-09-03T10:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/queersff.theillustratedpage.net\/?p=3418"},"modified":"2021-08-17T03:18:46","modified_gmt":"2021-08-17T03:18:46","slug":"the-first-sister-by-by-linden-a-lewis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/queersff.theillustratedpage.net\/2021\/09\/03\/the-first-sister-by-by-linden-a-lewis\/","title":{"rendered":"The First Sister by by Linden A. Lewis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span id=\"freeText15391617212698950671\"><b><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3419 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/queersff.theillustratedpage.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/52378525._SX318_.jpg?resize=210%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/queersff.theillustratedpage.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/52378525._SX318_.jpg?resize=210%2C300&amp;ssl=1 210w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/queersff.theillustratedpage.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/52378525._SX318_.jpg?w=318&amp;ssl=1 318w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/>Combining the social commentary of\u00a0<i>The Handmaid\u2019s Tale\u00a0<\/i>with the white-knuckled thrills of\u00a0<i>Red Rising<\/i>, this epic space opera follows a comfort woman as she claims her agency, a soldier questioning his allegiances, and a non-binary hero out to save the solar system.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>First Sister has no name and no voice. As a priestess of the Sisterhood, she travels the stars alongside the soldiers of Earth and Mars\u2014the same ones who own the rights to her body and soul. When her former captain abandons her, First Sister\u2019s hopes for freedom are dashed when she is forced to stay on her ship with no friends, no power, and a new captain\u2014Saito Ren\u2014whom she knows nothing about. She is commanded to spy on Captain Ren by the Sisterhood, but soon discovers that working for the war effort is so much harder to do when you\u2019re falling in love.<\/p>\n<p>Lito val Lucius climbed his way out of the slums to become an elite soldier of Venus, but was defeated in combat by none other than Saito Ren, resulting in the disappearance of his partner, Hiro. When Lito learns that Hiro is both alive and a traitor to the cause, he now has a shot at redemption: track down and kill his former partner. But when he discovers recordings that Hiro secretly made, Lito\u2019s own allegiances are put to the test. Ultimately, he must decide between following orders and following his heart.<\/p>\n<p>A stunning and sweeping debut novel that explores the power of technology, colonization, race, and gender, The First Sister is perfect for fans of James S.A. Corey, Chuck Wendig, and Margaret Atwood.<\/p>\n<h4>Representation Includes<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>A bisexual protagonist (The First Sister)<\/li>\n<li>A Japanese nonbinary protagonist (Hiro)<\/li>\n<li>A Hispanic panromantic asexual protagonist (Lito)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><div class=\"spoiler-wrap\"><div class=\"spoiler-head no-icon  collapsed\" title=\"Expand\">Content Warnings<\/div><div class=\"spoiler-body\" style=\"display: none;\"> Sexual slavery, sexual assault (off page), violence, war, death and graphic injury, amputation, PTSD, denial of bodily autonomy, forced surgery, blackmail, execution, untreated mental illness, dysphoria, implied torture, mentions of child abuse, forced gender presentation <\/div><noscript><div class=\"spoiler-body\"> Sexual slavery, sexual assault (off page), violence, war, death and graphic injury, amputation, PTSD, denial of bodily autonomy, forced surgery, blackmail, execution, untreated mental illness, dysphoria, implied torture, mentions of child abuse, forced gender presentation <\/div><\/noscript><\/div><\/div>\n<h4>Reviews<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/utopia-state-of-mind.com\/review-the-first-sister-by-linden-a-lewis\/\">Utopia State of Mind&#8217;s review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tor.com\/2020\/08\/12\/book-reviews-the-first-sister-by-linden-a-lewis\/\">Liz Bourke&#8217;s review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mibookreviews.wordpress.com\/2020\/05\/02\/arc-review-the-first-sister-by-linden-a-lewis\/\">Iam&#8217;s review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/laceanddaggerbooks.com\/2020\/07\/23\/review-the-first-sister-by-linden-a-lewis\/\">Lace and Daggers&#8217; review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Where to Find<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/198212699\">Amazon<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiebound.org\/book\/9781982126995\">IndieBound<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldcat.org\/title\/first-sister-a-novel\/oclc\/1182522629?loc=\">WorldCat<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Combining the social commentary of\u00a0The Handmaid\u2019s Tale\u00a0with the white-knuckled thrills of\u00a0Red Rising, this epic space opera follows a comfort woman<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3419,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[202,208,203,206],"tags":[13,12,113,6,112,8,23],"age_group":[135],"queer_identity":[146,139,138,142,140,141,147],"relationship":[158],"intersecting_identities":[166,211],"genre":[183,197],"class_list":["post-3418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asexual","category-multisexual","category-trans-and-nonbinary","category-wlw","tag-includes-romance","tag-includes-sex-scene","tag-ends-with-queer-protagonists-alive","tag-queer-author","tag-first-in-series","tag-traditionally-published","tag-no-homophobia-world","age_group-adult","queer_identity-asexual","queer_identity-bisexual","queer_identity-multisexual","queer_identity-nonbinary-genderqueer","queer_identity-pansexual","queer_identity-trans","queer_identity-wlw","relationship-f-nb","intersecting_identities-asian","intersecting_identities-east-asian","genre-science-fiction","genre-space-opera"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/queersff.theillustratedpage.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/52378525._SX318_.jpg?fit=318%2C454&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/queersff.theillustratedpage.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/queersff.theillustratedpage.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/queersff.theillustratedpage.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/queersff.theillustratedpage.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/queersff.theillustratedpage.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3418"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/queersff.theillustratedpage.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3418\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5099,"href":"https:\/\/queersff.theillustratedpage.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3418\/revisions\/5099"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/queersff.theillustratedpage.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/queersff.theillustratedpage.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/queersff.theillustratedpage.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/queersff.theillustratedpage.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3418"},{"taxonomy":"age_group","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/queersff.theillustratedpage.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/age_group?post=3418"},{"taxonomy":"queer_identity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/queersff.theillustratedpage.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/queer_identity?post=3418"},{"taxonomy":"relationship","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/queersff.theillustratedpage.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/relationship?post=3418"},{"taxonomy":"intersecting_identities","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/queersff.theillustratedpage.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/intersecting_identities?post=3418"},{"taxonomy":"genre","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/queersff.theillustratedpage.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/genre?post=3418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}