The Stardust Grail -- Yume Kitasei, Hardcover

Save one world. Doom her own.

Maya Hoshimoto was once the best art thief in the galaxy. For ten years, she returned stolen artifacts to alien civilizations--until a disastrous job forced her into hiding. Now she just wants to enjoy a quiet life as a graduate student of anthropology, but she's haunted by persistent and disturbing visions of the future.

Then an old friend comes to her with a job she can't refuse: find a powerful object that could save an alien species from extinction. Except no one has seen it in living memory, and they aren't the only ones hunting for it.

Maya sets out on a breakneck quest through a universe teeming with strange life and ancient ruins. But the farther she goes, the more her visions cast a dark shadow over her team of friends new and old. Someone will betray her along the way. Worse yet, in choosing to save one species, she may condemn humanity and Earth itself.

Author: Yume Kitasei
Publisher: Flatiron Books
Published: 06/11/2024
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.42h x 6.50w x 1.15d
ISBN: 9781250875372

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 01/01/2024 pg. 8
Library Journal 03/01/2024 pg. 95
Publishers Weekly 04/08/2024
Kirkus Reviews 04/15/2024

About the Author
Yume Kitasei is the author of The Deep Sky and The Stardust Grail. She is Japanese and American and grew up in a space between two cultures--the same space where her stories reside. She lives in Brooklyn with two cats, Boondoggle and Filibuster. Her stories have appeared in publications including New England Review, Catapult, SmokeLong Quarterly, and Baltimore Review.