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Goddess in the Machine

by Lora Beth Johnson
Kim Mai Guest
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Andra wakes up from a cryogenic sleep 1,000 years later than she was supposed to, forcing her to team up with an exiled prince to navigate an unfamiliar planet in this smart, thrilling sci-fi adventure, perfect for fans of Renegades and Aurora Rising.
When Andra wakes up, she's drowning.

Not only that, but she's in a hot, dirty cave, it's the year 3102, and everyone keeps calling her Goddess. When Andra went into a cryonic sleep for a trip across the galaxy, she expected to wake up in a hundred years, not a thousand. Worst of all, the rest of the colonists—including her family and friends—are dead. They died centuries ago, and for some reason, their descendants think Andra's a deity. She knows she's nothing special, but she'll play along if it means she can figure out why she was left in stasis and how to get back to Earth.
Zhade, the exiled bastard prince of Eerensed, has other plans. Four years ago, the sleeping Goddess's glass coffin disappeared from the palace, and Zhade devoted himself to finding it. Now he's hoping the Goddess will be the key to taking his rightful place on the throne—if he can get her to play her part, that is. Because if his people realize she doesn't actually have the power to save their dying planet, they'll kill her.
With a vicious monarch on the throne and a city tearing apart at the seams, Zhade and Andra might never be able to unlock the mystery of her fate, let alone find a way to unseat the king, especially since Zhade hasn't exactly been forthcoming with Andra. And a thousand years from home, is there any way of knowing that Earth is better than the planet she's woken to?

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    June 30, 2020

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      • ISBN: 9780593212905
      • File size: 434664 KB
      • Duration: 15:05:32

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    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      July 13, 2020
      In Johnson’s science fiction debut, 17-year-old Andromeda “Andra” Yue Watts awakes from her cryogenic sleep in the year 3102 to a world changed beyond recognition. She was only supposed to sleep for a century: instead, a thousand years have passed, and her contemporaries are long dead. Now she is alone on Holymyth, the planet where she, her family, and the other colonists planned to settle as they escaped the dying Earth. Johnson explores the relationship between science and religion through the people of Eerensed, who view Andra as the Third Goddess and nanotechnology as magic. Determined to return to Earth, Andra teams up with the charmingly untrustworthy Zhade—the bastard exiled prince of Eerensed—to gather the resources she needs for a new spaceship. In return, she must perform “miracles” to secure his status—a dangerous undertaking with Maret, Zhade’s half-brother and the skeptical ruler of Eerensed, watching her every move. Though light on scientific exposition and heavy on evolved linguistics that may frustrate some readers, a complicated romance and passable worldbuilding round out the tale. Zhade, Maret, and Andra are compelling, morally ambiguous characters, and Johnson’s plot twists ensure the narrative maintains interest. Ages 12–up. Agent: Victoria Marini, Irene Goodman Agency.

    • School Library Journal

      December 1, 2020

      Gr 7 Up-Cryogenically asleep for 1,000 years, Andra wakes up, drowning. Everyone she knew is dead. Inhabitants of the new world think she is a goddess. Andra plays their game in order to learn what happened and to get back to Earth. Zhade is the exiled, illegitimate prince of Eerensed and he has other plans. He wants to help Andra and take the throne for himself. Zhade's brother, the vicious monarch, will do anything to stop him. Can Andra and Zhade both get what they want? And what happened to cause Andra to sleep so long? Narrator Kim Mai Guest masterfully brings to life the characters and makes them easily distinguishable. Her pace and intonation fit well with the sci-fi mystery. The plot is well-developed and engaging, and leaves the listener guessing what is really going on. Read alikes include Marissa Meyer's Cinder, Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff's Aurora Rising, and Victoria Aveyard's Red Queen. VERDICT Recommended for libraries where science fiction, mysteries, and adventure stories are popular.-Jessica Moody, Olympus J.H., Holladay, UT

      Copyright 2020 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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