{"product_id":"rise-of-the-red-hand-isbn-9781645660101","title":"Rise Of The Red Hand","description":"\u003cb\u003e“Steeped in elements from real-life South Asian cultures, the worldbuilding is original and intriguing, incorporating dystopian and utopian elements along with current hot issues such as societal inequities, digital surveillance, and technology’s impact on humanity. . . . [A] strong and intricate story.” —\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 2022 Colorado Book Award Winner is a rare, searing portrayal of the future of climate change in South Asia. A streetrat turned revolutionary and the disillusioned hacker son of a politician try to take down a ruthlessly technocratic government that sacrifices its poorest citizens to build its utopia.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe South Asian Province is split in two. Uplanders live in a luxurious, climate-controlled biodome, healthy and artificially youthful forever. Outside, the poor and forgotten scrape by with black-market robotics, in slums threatened by rising sea levels, unbreathable air, and deadly superbugs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAshiva works for the Red Hand, an underground network of revolutionaries fighting the government, which is run by a merciless computer algorithm. As a smuggler with the best robotic arm and cybernetic enhancements the slums can offer, her cargo includes the city’s most vulnerable abandoned children.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen the brilliant Uplander hacker Riz-Ali stumbles into the Red Hand’s dangerous activities, he and Ashiva uncover a horrifying conspiracy that the government will do anything to bury. As armed guardians kidnap children, massive robots flatten the slums, and a pandemic threatens to decimate the city, Ashiva and Riz must put aside their differences to fight the system and save the communities they love.“Steeped in elements from real-life South Asian cultures, the worldbuilding is original and intriguing, incorporating dystopian and utopian elements along with current hot issues such as societal inequities, digital surveillance, and technology’s impact on humanity. . . . [A] strong and intricate story.” —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Olivia Chadha’s heartfelt, adroit, brisk and thoughtful debut novel proves that everything old is new again. . . . \u003ci\u003eRise of the Red Hand\u003c\/i\u003e proves itself willing to shatter daringly all its initial assumptions and verities, putting its cast through life-altering fires, in order to create new forms of beauty and hope and possible salvation.” —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLocus Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e“Rise of the Red Hand\u003c\/i\u003e mixes the best of cyberpunk and anime with a tale of family and revolution to create something completely unique--intimate yet action-packed, touching yet thrilling. Olivia Chadha delivers as much action as she does heart, all with a healthy dose of mecha. It kicks ass.” —\u003cb\u003eMike Chen\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eHere and Now and Then\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A captivating sci-fi debut that masterfully weaves in commentary on climate change, technology, and class inequality. \u003ci\u003eRise of the Red Hand\u003c\/i\u003e delivers on its promise of an action-packed story of rebellion and resistance, and you'll be rooting for the badass revolutionary hero, Ashiva—a girl with teeth, and a metal fist.” —\u003cb\u003eFarah Naz Rishi\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eI Hope You Get This Message\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An exhilarating and relevant story that gives voice to those often unheard and sticks with you long after that last page.” —\u003cb\u003eAlechia Dow\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Sound of Stars\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Innovative, smartly written, and harrowingly relevant.” —\u003cb\u003eJulia Ember\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Seafarer's Kiss\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“It's everything I want in a cyberpunk story: devastating political and existential stakes, a surging pace, and profoundly rad cybernetics.” —\u003cb\u003eH. A. Clarke\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Scapegracers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This is speculative fiction as we rarely see it—with the global south speaking up in a powerful and compellingly imagined near future. \u003ci\u003eRise of the Red Hand\u003c\/i\u003e explores the most urgent issues of our time, the soullessness of technology and the gap between rich and poor, with non-stop action propelled by a sharp young cast. More brilliant speculative fiction like this, please!” —\u003cb\u003eAusma Zehanat Khan\u003c\/b\u003e, author of\u003ci\u003e The Bloodprint\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Fun, exciting, thoughtful, and very hard to put down. If you're looking for a story about resistance and family set against a world that blends the best of cyberpunk and anime, this book is for you.” \u003ci\u003e—\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eMary Kenney\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eGamer Girls\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eOlivia Chadha\u003c\/b\u003e writes novels and comic books for MG, YA and adult audiences. She has a PhD in literature and creative writing, and her research centers on the history of exile, precarious borders and boundaries, global folklore, and the relationship between humans, machines and the environment. \u003ci\u003eBalance of Fragile Things\u003c\/i\u003e is her debut adult literary novel. \u003ci\u003eRise of the Red Hand\u003c\/i\u003e, her YA debut, was awarded the Colorado Book Award for Young Adult Literature. She is a contributor to the YA folk horror anthology \u003ci\u003eThe Gathering Dark\u003c\/i\u003e, the desi anthology \u003ci\u003eMagic Has No Borders\u003c\/i\u003e, and STAR WARS anthology \u003ci\u003eReturn of the Jedi: From A Certain Point of View\u003c\/i\u003e. When not writing she’s searching for butterflies on a hike in Colorado. She can be found at www.oliviachadha.com.","brand":"Erewhon Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303188418789,"sku":"NP9781645660101","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781645660101.jpg?v=1767735804","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/rise-of-the-red-hand-isbn-9781645660101","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}