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Award History
| Award | Year | Status | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel | 2024 | Winner | “Martha Wells won the Locus Fantasy for her secondary-world demon protagonist novel, praised for its intricate world-building, its morally fascinating narrator, and its fresh approach to fantasy's immortal antihero tradition.” |
| Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel | 2023 | Shortlist |
About This Book
A demon wakes up imprisoned and must piece together who wants him dead and why, while protecting a young prince—a lush secondary world fantasy featuring an immortal, morally complex demon protagonist.
About the Author
Martha Wells is an American science fiction and fantasy author best known for the Murderbot Diaries, a series of novellas and novels featuring a self-described 'SecUnit'—a part-robot, part-organic construct who hacked its own governance module and now just wants to watch television serials. The series has won multiple Hugo, Nebula, and Locus awards. She won the Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel twice (Network Effect in 2021 and System Collapse in 2024) and the Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (Witch King in 2024). Read more →
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