Osiris

Osiris

The Osiris Project

Summary

Nobody leaves Osiris.

Adelaide Rechnov
Wealthy socialite and granddaughter of the Architect, she spends her time in pointless luxury, rebelling against her family in a series of jaded social extravagances and scandals until her twin brother disappears in mysterious circumstances.

Vikram Bai
He lives in the Western Quarter, home to the poor descendants of storm refugees and effectively quarantined from the wealthy elite. His people live with cold and starvation, but the coming brutal winter promises civil unrest, and a return to the riots of previous years.

As tensions rise in the city, can Adelaide and Vikram bridge the divide at the heart of Osiris before conspiracies bring them to the edge of disaster?

Reviews

  • an assured and accomplished debut novel ... an absolute gem
    Interzone

About the author

E. J. Swift

E. J. Swift is the author of Osiris, the first novel in The Osiris Project trilogy.

Her short fiction has appeared in Interzone magazine, and in anthologies Pandemonium: The Lowest Heaven, and The Best British Fantasy 2013. When not writing, she is kept busy as a slave to cats and an aficionado of the trapeze.
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