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Warped State
2023
First Published
4.01
Average Rating
437
Number of Pages

Part of Series

Star Trek meets Leverage in a space opera that’s “refreshingly hopeful and heaps of fun” (author Megan E. O’Keefe). Jasper Wilder is an activist, not a spy, but he’ll become one if that’s what it takes to stop Ravel Corporation from reviving the research project that devastated his home planet. His plan is simple enough: Break into the secure facility. Steal the research data. Find a weakness and sabotage the project. But all that goes out the airlock when he meets Havoc, a passionate but politically naive labor organizer trying to reform Ravel from within. Havoc could help Jasper, but instead, he’s fighting for a lost cause. Jasper knows that if he sticks with his own plan, Havoc will likely take the blame—and Ravel doesn’t treat activists kindly. With an elite security operative closing in, and time running out to sabotage the deadly project before it launches, Jasper needs to find a way to team up with Havoc… before his mission hurts the person he’s coming to care about. Full of adventure and suspense, LGBTQ+ characters, found family, a sentient spaceship with anxiety issues, and hijinks galore, Warped State is sure to delight fans of Ann Leckie, Becky Chambers, and Martha Wells.

Avg Rating
4.01
Number of Ratings
106
5 STARS
41%
4 STARS
28%
3 STARS
25%
2 STARS
5%
1 STARS
2%
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Author

Jo Miles
Jo Miles
Author · 3 books
Jo Miles writes optimistic science fiction and fantasy, including queer space opera trilogy The Gifted of Brennex, which begins with Warped State. Their short stories have appeared in Fantasy & Science Fiction, Strange Horizons, Lightspeed, and more. Jo lives in Maryland, and you can sign up for email updates at www.jomiles.com/newsletter.
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