Science fiction · Young adult
Illuminae
After a mining colony is attacked, survivors flee on a fleet of ships while a plague spreads and the ship's computer starts behaving oddly. The story is told entirely through emails, transcripts, files and diagrams.
- First published
- 2015
- Pace
- fast
- Length
- long
- Format
- Standalone
Read this if you want a fast, visually inventive teen sci-fi thriller that you can read in a weekend.
Skip this if you do not like unusual formatting or e-reader layouts, since the design is half the experience.
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