Stellar Smoke
A Novel
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Tanaïs
Qamar is a musician living in a futuristic metropolitan city. Struggling to pay rent and heartbroken after a terrible breakup, she decides to return to the island ashram of her childhood. It’s time to finally settle the rift she has with her estranged mother, Veda—a brilliant scientist, actress, and one of the leaders of a now-dissolved cult called the Endless Temple.
But when Qamar arrives, the land is as verdant as she remembers, but neglected, and, most troubling, there are no signs of her mother or sister. Behind a retina scan–locked door, Qamar encounters a machine consciousness—VEDA (Virtual Experiences, Dreams and Afterlife)—that her mother made in the image of herself. VEDA is her mother’s last opus, an artificial intelligence that allows her to finally tell her daughter the story of her life. The descent into VEDA’s technoscape forces Qamar to confront the taboos and tragedies of their past, while bracing herself for the wild, unexpected possibilities that await.
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Critic reviews
“A fierce and sensuous novel that will challenge readers to think of the future as a portal to the past. Tanaïs writes with sensitivity about the bonds of family, the weight of history, and the resilience of life even under the rapacious forces of colonialism, extremism, and capitalism.”
—Laila Lalami, author of The Dream Hotel
—Laila Lalami, author of The Dream Hotel
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