{"product_id":"archivist-wasp-paperback","title":"Archivist Wasp - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNicole Kornher-Stace\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNorton Award finalist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eYALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults 2016\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e Best Teen Books of 2015\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBook Riot\u003c\/i\u003e Best of 2015\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBuzzfeed\u003c\/i\u003e 32 Best Fantasy Novels of 2015\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eABC Best Books for Young Readers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Summer Reading\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLocus\u003c\/i\u003e Recommended Reading\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWasp'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-long 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eArchivist 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eArchivist Wasp\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eArchivist Wasp\u003c\/i\u003e is a gorgeous and complex book, featuring a deadly girl who traverses an equally deadly landscape. Wasp won me over, and she's sure to find fans among teens and grown-ups alike.\u003cbr\u003e-- Phoebe North, author of \u003ci\u003eStarglass\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA tremendously inventive and smart novel. \u003ci\u003eArchivist Wasp\u003c\/i\u003e is like Kafka by way of Holly Black and Shirley Jackson, but completely original. Highly recommended.\u003cbr\u003e-- Jeff VanderMeer, author of the Southern Reach trilogy \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA gorgeous, disturbing, compelling book with a smart, complicated heroine who bestrides her post-apocalyptic world like a bewildered force of nature. Reading it was a wild ride and a thoroughly satisfying one.\u003cbr\u003e-- Delia Sherman, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Freedom Maze\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne of the most revelatory and sublime books I've ever read, \u003ci\u003eArchivist Wasp\u003c\/i\u003e is a must-read for fans of post-apocalyptic fiction. Kornher-Stace is a genius, and I can't wait to see what she does next \u003cbr\u003e-- Tiffany Trent, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Unnaturalists\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBrutal post-apocalypse meets sci-fi techno-thriller meets a ghost story for the ages in this astonishingly original novel from Nicole Kornher-Stace. You've never read anything like \u003ci\u003eArchivist Wasp, \u003c\/i\u003e but once you have you'll be clamoring for more.\u003cbr\u003e-- Mike Allen, author of \u003ci\u003eUnseaming\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Sharp as a blade and mythically resonant, Archivist Wasp is a post-apocalyptic ghost story unlike anything else I've read. Trust me, you want this book.\"\u003cbr\u003e-- Karina Sumner-Smith, author of \u003ci\u003eRadiant\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Archivist Wasp turns destiny on its head, and it re-invents the world you know to do it. Strong. Fast. Addictive.\"\u003cbr\u003e-- Darin Bradley, author of \u003ci\u003eNoise\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Goes off like a firecracker in the brain: the haunted landscape, the sure-footed, blistering prose -- and, of course, the heroine herself, the most excellent Archivist Wasp.\"\u003cbr\u003e-- Kelly Link, author of \u003ci\u003eGet in Trouble\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePraise for Nicole Kornher-Stace: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn richly textured, atmospheric prose, Kornher-Stace delivers a spellbinding tale of deception, betrayal, and the darker possibilities of playacting.--\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMesmerizing from the first page and once you get into its flow, a page turner to boot.--\u003ci\u003eFantasy Book Critic\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAbsorbing, exciting, intellectually fascinating, emotionally true, and well-crafted, bobbles and all.--\u003ci\u003eIdeomancer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eNicole Kornher-Stace: Nicole Kornher-Stace was born in Philadelphia in 1983, moved from the East Coast to the West Coast and back again by the time she was five, and currently lives in New Paltz, NY, with one husband, three ferrets, one precocious preschooler, and too many books to count. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 05, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42166410608775,"sku":"9781618730978","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/4822609b59c1b2664b5ddd784507f3dc.webp?v=1733320631","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/archivist-wasp-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}