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Becky Chambers’s As You Wake, Break the Shell explores love on an inhospitable planet

Becky Chambers’s As You Wake, Break the Shell explores love on an inhospitable planet
NewsMythscribe13 October 2026

Hachette UK lists October 13 for the ebook of Becky Chambers’s As You Wake, Break the Shell. Told across alternating timelines, the science-fiction novel follows people trying to sustain a home on Fortune, a planet with a poisonous atmosphere.

Hachette UK lists October 13 for the ebook of Becky Chambers’s As You Wake, Break the Shell. Told across alternating timelines, the science-fiction novel follows people trying to sustain a home on Fortune, a planet with a poisonous atmosphere. Pilot Cora develops a dangerous condition linked to her bond with Colibri,

the alien creature she pilots to obtain water for the colony. Seeking treatment risks her licence and the relationship on which her work depends. Botanist Signy may have the medicine Cora needs, but using it means breaking the colony’s rules. The publisher’s premise brings healthcare, community obligations and personal

trust into the same survival problem. Read the official source. Image: Hodderscape / Hachette UK; official cover.

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