Good Omens meets The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet in Ryka Aoki''s Light From Uncommon Stars, a defiantly joyful adventure set in California''s San Gabriel Valley, with cursed violins, Faustian bargains, and queer alien courtship over fresh-made donuts.
Hugo Award Finalist
A National Bestseller
Indie Next Pick
New York Public Library Top 10 Book of 2021
A Kirkus Best Book of 2021
A Barnes & Noble Best Science Fiction Book of 2021
2022 Alex Award Winner
2022 Stonewall Book Award Winner
Shizuka Satomi made a deal with the devil: to escape damnation, she must entice seven other violin prodigies to trade their souls for success. She has already delivered six.
When Katrina Nguyen, a young transgender runaway, catches Shizuka''s ear with her wild talent, Shizuka can almost feel the curse lifting. She''s found her final candidate.
But in a donut shop off a bustling highway in the San Gabriel Valley, S
