Keynote
The mistress of the uncompromising
detective novel tries her hand at sci‑fi:
crime, love, power struggles, all in
the convention of a space opera.
Selling Points
 A brand new take on the best sci-fi
traditions.
 An author who is popular and esteemed
by both readers and critics tries her hand
at genre fiction.
 A brilliant juggling act with pop
conventions – from space-opera to
post‑apo and detective fiction.
 An interesting and unique approach
to today’s social problems, such as class
discrepancies and women’s emancipation.
 A universal tale of good versus evil
written into a contemporary context.
 Pop-culture references that should
appeal to many generations – from
contemporary games to sci-fi classics, right
down to mythology.
 An author who lends herself brilliantly
to film and serials – a serial was created
on the basis of her last book, The Concrete
Palace, and she works as a scriptwriter for
Netflix.
Description
The thirty-first century – a faraway
solar system has been colonised by
descendents of people who abandoned

the uninhabitable earth centuries ago.
Yet 600 years of travel through the cosmos
has meant several dozen generations
have passed – each successive one proves
itself to be more brutal and ruthless than
the one before. Every ship is a separate
state organ with its own regime. Society
has stratified and various forms have
emerged to enslave the weak. People have
conquered planet after planet, settled on
them and colonised the natives, restricting
their freedom and rights… And here
begins our tale of Selkis – a heavily
wounded humanoid woman of the Scorp
race. The fate of all humanity is in her
hands.

Release date: 2022
Pages: 592
ISBN: 978-83-08-07509-8


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Selkis

Gaja Grzegorzewska

Keynote
The mistress of the uncompromising
detective novel tries her hand at sci‑fi:
crime, love, power struggles, all in
the convention of a space opera.
Selling Points
 A brand new take on the best sci-fi
traditions.
 An author who is popular and esteemed
by both readers and critics tries her hand
at genre fiction.
 A brilliant juggling act with pop
conventions – from space-opera to
post‑apo and detective fiction.
 An interesting and unique approach
to today’s social problems, such as class
discrepancies and women’s emancipation.
 A universal tale of good versus evil
written into a contemporary context.
 Pop-culture references that should
appeal to many generations – from
contemporary games to sci-fi classics, right
down to mythology.
 An author who lends herself brilliantly
to film and serials – a serial was created
on the basis of her last book, The Concrete
Palace, and she works as a scriptwriter for
Netflix.
Description
The thirty-first century – a faraway
solar system has been colonised by
descendents of people who abandoned

the uninhabitable earth centuries ago.
Yet 600 years of travel through the cosmos
has meant several dozen generations
have passed – each successive one proves
itself to be more brutal and ruthless than
the one before. Every ship is a separate
state organ with its own regime. Society
has stratified and various forms have
emerged to enslave the weak. People have
conquered planet after planet, settled on
them and colonised the natives, restricting
their freedom and rights… And here
begins our tale of Selkis – a heavily
wounded humanoid woman of the Scorp
race. The fate of all humanity is in her
hands.

Release date: 2022
Pages: 592
ISBN: 978-83-08-07509-8


Other covers