I felt like this was definitely a new adult type book, the main character has. Quickly falling in with the pirate crew who has found her, she must race against time to stop a plague from being unleashed by the evil that has taken root in Hainak. Dawnhounds has a really interesting premise, and is a decent coming of age story. Resurrected by an ancient power, she finds herself with the new ability to manipulate life force. Review ARC received from the publisher (Gallery/Saga Press) in exchange for an honest review. When she stumbles across a dead body on her patrol, two fellow officers gruesomely murder her and dump her into the harbor.

More trans femmes on the shortlist lets goooooooooo. She’s barely holding it together, haunted by memories of a lover who vanished and voices that float in and out of her head like radio signals. RT understatesmen: Hugo nominations close tomorrow Im eligible for Best Novel (The Dawnhounds), Best Short Story (Kaitiakitanga, Boston Review) and The Astounding Award. Yat has recently been demoted on the force due to “lifestyle choices” after being caught at a gay club. Author Sascha Stronach is a former tech writer who first broke out into speculative fiction by experimenting with the short form. But, after a devastating war and a sweeping biotech revolution, all its inhabitants want is peace, no one more so than Yat Jyn-Hok a reformed-thief-turned-cop who patrols the streets at night. The port city of Hainak is alive: its buildings, its fashion, even its weapons.

A police officer is murdered, brought back to life with a mysterious new power, and tasked with protecting her city from an insidious evil threatening to destroy it.

The dawnhounds review