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Ren Hutchings

An Unbreakable World by Ren Hutchings (Starbright August 2025 Exclusive)

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If something seems too good to be real, you’ve got to get out of there.

That’s the rule that Page Found has always followed. She’s a petty thief with no memory of her past, scrounging to survive on a backwater outpost – until she’s kidnapped by one of her marks.

Her kidnappers – the cruel, self-serving Zhak and the tough maverick Maelle – plan to pass Page off as a monk from an ancient, isolated planet to help them capture a treasure-filled ship. If Page is willing to play along, they all stand to become richer than they can imagine.

Everyone is keeping secrets, and Maelle finds her loyalties conflicted as she gets closer to their captive. Page can’t remember the last time she counted on anyone. But to navigate this deception, she and Maelle will have to trust each other to survive.

Our Starbright Exclusive edition is a Royal hardback and features:⁠

  • An exclusive redesigned cover (art by @spearmintaii; design by @chattynora)⁠
  • Full colour art and foil on the hardback (by @jefflangevinart)⁠
  • Digitally printed fore-edge (by @spearmintaii)⁠; block-sprayed top & bottom edge
  • Illustrated endpapers (by @krasnetigritsa); different front and back⁠
  • Bonus content
  • Bound-in author letter
  • Hand-signed by the author⁠
  • Standalone adult science fiction⁠
  • Found family, queer platonic relationships, and sapphic yearning

If you like space opera with tales of vengeance and identity, we think you’ll enjoy this one!

Photos by @bookwormgram

Hutchings is a bright light in space opera, and her sophomore novel shouldn’t be missed.” —Bethany Jacobs, author of These Burning Stars

“This tale of memory, identity, and vengeance is rich with lore, deep worldbuilding, and deft character work, a Hutchings hallmark. Political intrigue, shady smugglers, and friendships lost and found add up to a compelling read.” — Khan Wong

About the Author

Ren Hutchings is a speculative fiction writer, writing mentor, editor, and lifelong SFF fan. She loves pop science, unexplained mysteries, 90s music, collecting outdated electronics, and pondering about alternate universes. Ren is the author of twisty sci-fi books including Under Fortunate Stars and An Unbreakable World(Solaris Books) and The Legend Liminal (Stars and Sabers), as well as short fiction.

Content warnings for An Unbreakable World

  • Content Warning

    • Background mentions of war and violence in a science-fictional setting (space warfare)
    • Character deaths, including family deaths (off the page)
    • Xenophobia
    • Religious trauma/anxiety and cult-like circumstances
    • Kidnapping
    • Sedation & physical restraint
    • Non-graphic violence
    • Panic attacks
    • Memory loss
    • Loss of consciousness
    • Mentions of cruelty to sentient beings
    • Mentions of suicidal ideation
    • Brief verbal abuse
    • Alcohol use

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