{"product_id":"hells-heart","title":"Hell's Heart","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSome years ago--never mind how long precisely--having little or no money in their purse, and nothing particular to interest them on shore, Alexis Hall thought they would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world. Unfortunately the boat they were in sank with all hands, and they were rescued only by a passing whaler. They have since become a novelist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eHell's Heart: \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" \n\u003ci\u003eWow.\u003c\/i\u003e\" - John Scalzi \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\"A\u003c\/i\u003e startling, ferocious love letter to all the rawest emotions the human body can produce... \n\u003ci\u003eMoby Dick \u003c\/i\u003emeets \n\u003ci\u003eTreasure Planet\u003c\/i\u003e by way of \n\u003ci\u003eFleabag -- \u003c\/i\u003ean unbelievable accomplishment from a tremendous author.\" - Sarah Gailey, \n\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \n\u003ci\u003eSpread Me \u003c\/i\u003eand \n\u003ci\u003eJust Like Home\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Equal parts funny, saucy and philosophical.\"- \n\u003ci\u003eScientific American\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\"\u003c\/i\u003eOne of my favorite books of the year... utterly transfixing.\" - Charlie Jane Anders \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Fey, funny, and extremely metal.\" - Malka Older, author of \n\u003ci\u003eThe Mimicking of Known Successes\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A towering love song to both Melville and Joan D. Vinge, a marvelous, intricate, heart-shattering romp.\" - Lilith Saintcrow, author of the Dante Valentine series \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[A ] terrifying, fatally fascinating ride into the heart of Jupiter's blood-red hell.\" - Judith Tarr \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" \n\u003ci\u003eHell's Heart\u003c\/i\u003e goes like gangbusters and is entirely unhinged. I'll follow Alexis Hall anywhere.\"--Kelly Robson, author of \n\u003ci\u003eHigh Times in the Low Parliament\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A gorgeously written science-fictional picaresque, full of blood and guts and foolhardy daring, sperm jokes, a gracious lot of fucking, pirates, and a cult dedicated to the god who will devour the universe whose prophet mutters cryptic quotation... I'll be thinking about it for a while. I recommend it: It feels real, and honest, and messily ambitious.\" - \n\u003ci\u003eLocus\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An update to Melville by way of Wilde with a modern, frequently erotic sensibility. The narrative alternates between propulsive action, uncanny world-building, and the narrator's own soul-searching, but always maintains a constant seeking ferocity at its core... This catastrophic prophecy of humanity's spacefaring future marries with scenes of feverish beauty for an imaginative and unforgettable adventure.\" - \n\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[A] dazzling retelling of \n\u003ci\u003e Moby Dick... \u003c\/i\u003eHall captures a breathtaking sense of adventure throughout. This thrills.\" - \n\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly, \u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cb\u003estarred review\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003eHall brings their signature flair to the story, imbuing the narrative with steamy queer romance, electric prose and shrewd insights into a postcapitalist hellscape whose mores are only the slightest exaggeration of our own.\" - \n\u003ci\u003eBookpage\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A fantastic space adventure that any fan of sf or even Earth-bound adventure novels will love.\" \n\u003ci\u003e- Booklist, \u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cb\u003estarred review\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Call me fangirl! This is Hall's best, weirdest, and most snarkily delightful book yet. Whether you like even-more-queer \n\u003ci\u003eMoby Dick\u003c\/i\u003e retellings, space whales, disaster bi drama, Jovian gaslamp science fiction, razor-sharp satire of capitalist theology, Locked-Tomb-style obscure jokes, Cthulhu cultist crew members, thematically-important infodumps about xenobiology - or better yet all of those things tied together in intricate perfection - this will be your jam.\" - Ruthanna Emrys, author of \n\u003ci\u003eA Half-Built Garden\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"B\u003c\/i\u003ealls-to-the-wall from page one.\" - Jenny Hamilton, \n\u003ci\u003eReactor \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Unlike Melville's Ishmael, Hall's protagonist has sexual relationships that are textual rather than subtextual and also pretty hot. The worldbuilding is strong and--as is the case in the most resonant science fiction--disturbingly plausible... a good old-fashioned space yarn.\" - \n\u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003ePraise for Alexis Hall: \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Hall is a dizzyingly talented writer, one likely to spur envy in anyone who's ever picked up a pen.\"-- \n\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e on \n\u003ci\u003eBoyfriend Material\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Simply the best writer I've come across in years.\"--Laura Kinsale, \n\u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Absolutely delightful, like a chocolate box, full of unexpected and brilliant references, sparklingly witty.\"--Genevieve Cogman, author of \n\u003ci\u003eThe Invisible Library\u003c\/i\u003e on \n\u003ci\u003eThe Affair of the Mysterious Letter\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An extended romp through a wild range of alternate universes with a bizarre cast of characters. Don't miss this fun, queer, clever intrigue!\"--Malka Older, author of \n\u003ci\u003eThe Mimicking of Known Successes\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"I haven't been so enchanted and delighted by a book in years... the most perfect blend of gentle humour, wild creativity and love.\"--Emma Newman, author of \n\u003ci\u003eAtlas Alone\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Extraordinarily imaginative. This is the most fun I've had between two covers in a while!\"--Lara Elena Donnelly, author of \n\u003ci\u003eAmberlough\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\"\u003c\/i\u003eFull of adventure, chaos, magic, and lust, this will enthrall Hall's fans and new readers alike.\"-- \n\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly, \u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cb\u003estarred review, \u003c\/b\u003eon \n\u003ci\u003eMortal Follies\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Utterly enchanting\"-- \n\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly, \u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cb\u003estarred review\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003eon \n\u003ci\u003eConfounding Oaths\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\"\u003c\/i\u003eThoroughly queer and extraordinary.\"-- \n\u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003cb\u003estarred review, \u003c\/b\u003e on \n\u003ci\u003eSomething Extraordinary\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Hall has a gift for humor but is also skilled at composing passages that evoke the deepest emotions, whether the ache of long-denied love, crushing grief or the relief and soulful joy of being accepted and adored as one's most authentic self.\"-- \n\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal, \u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cb\u003estarred review, \u003c\/b\u003e on \n\u003ci\u003eA Lady For a Duke\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Hall has hit it out of the park with this emotionally resonant, character-driven Regency romance... stellar.\"-- \n\u003ci\u003eBookpage\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003cb\u003estarred review\u003c\/b\u003e, on \n\u003ci\u003eA Lady for a Duke\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Hall is a consistently beautiful writer.\"-- \n\u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003cb\u003estarred review, \u003c\/b\u003eon \n\u003ci\u003eA Lady for a Duke\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The characters are charmingly flawed, with enough chemistry to see them through some serious ups and downs... full of poetry and honesty.\"-- \n\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly, \u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cb\u003estarred review, \u003c\/b\u003eon \n\u003ci\u003eFor Real\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/span\u003e 12\/30\/0001 (EAN 9781250394958, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/span\u003e 01\/15\/2026 (EAN 9781250394958, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eBooklist\u003c\/span\u003e 01\/01\/2026 (EAN 9781250394958, Hardcover) - *Starred Review\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e 01\/19\/2026 (EAN 9781250394958, Hardcover) - *Starred Review\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/span\u003e 01\/01\/2026 pg. 41 (EAN 9781250394958, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContributor Bio:\u003c\/strong\u003eHall, Alexis\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSome years ago--never mind how long precisely--having little or no money in their purse, and nothing particular to interest them on shore, Alexis Hall thought they would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world. 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