The Sol Majestic
Jun 2019 · Macmillan + ORM
4.5star
2 reviews
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380
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About this ebook
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
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
Ratings and reviews
4.5
2 reviews
About the author
FERRETT STEINMETZ is a graduate of both the Clarion Writers' Workshop and Viable Paradise, and was nominated for the Nebula Award in 2012, for his novelette Sauerkraut Station. He is the author of the 'Mancer trilogy, The Uploaded, and he has written for Asimov's Science Fiction, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Shimmer, and Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine. Ferrett lives in Cleveland with his wife.
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