A teen boy must save an intergalactic diner from financial ruin in this hopepunk space opera adventure for fans of Becky Chambers and The Good Place.
Kenna, a destitute teenager with dreams of advising the cosmic elite, wins the dinner of a lifetime at The Sol Majestic, the galaxy's top restaurant. Yet there's no such thing as a free meal: Kenna discovers that The Sol Majestic risks bankruptcy if the planned soirée doesn't attract enough intergalactic billionaires to pay or it. With a motley gang of newfound friends, Kenna must concoct a scheme of grandiose scope-and learn lessons of the heart, mind, and palate-in order to save the restaurant he considers home.
Praise for The Sol Majestic
"A feast of a book." -Seanan McGuire, Hugo Award-winning author
"As if Baz Luhrmann directed an episode of The Chef's Kitchen: The Sol Majestic is completely one of kind!" -Sarah Gailey
"Much like the kitchen in which it's set, Steinmetz's culinary space opera is filled with variety. At its heart, it's a complex, chaotic, and mystifying coming-of-age story of a young man becoming a lover, an aesthete, and an activist.... Steinmetz... elevates his story with lush details and vividly rendered characters, crafting a memorable love letter to the nourishment of body and soul as well as the dignity of work and service." - Publishers Weekly, starred review
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The Sol Majestic is a big-hearted and delightful intergalactic hopepunk adventure for fans of Becky Chambers and The Good Place
"A feast of a book."-Hugo Award-winning author Seanan McGuire
Kenna, an aspirational teen guru, wanders destitute across the stars as he tries to achieve his parents' ambition to advise the celestial elite.
Everything changes when Kenna wins a free dinner at The Sol Majestic, the galaxy's most renowned restaurant, giving him access to the cosmos's one-percent. His dream is jeopardized, however, when he learns his highly-publicized "free meal" risks putting The Sol Majestic into financial ruin. Kenna and a motley gang of newfound friends-including a teleporting celebrity chef, a trust-fund adrenaline junkie, an inept apprentice, and a brilliant mistress of disguise-must concoct an extravagant scheme to save everything they cherish. In doing so, Kenna may sacrifice his ideals-or learn even greater lessons about wisdom, friendship, and love.
Utterly charming and out of this world, Ferrett Steinmetz's The Sol Majestic will satisfy the appetites of sci-fi aficionados and newcomers alike.
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