The Book of Form and Emptiness - October 2021 Book of the Month Alastair Reynolds And even though Pilot's mother

And even though Pilot's mother had transformed the pool into a garden

and drinking in its pubs and clubs

He is offered the chance to join a covert team chasing a prize whose value is limitless and whose dangers are endless

shocking and compulsively readable Mad

a local murder is blamed on him

The Book of Form and Emptiness - October 2021 Book of the Month Alastair Reynolds And even though Pilot's motherWinner of the Women's Prize for Fiction 2022! One year after the death of his beloved musician father, thirteen year old Benny Oh begins to hear voices. The voices belong to the things in his house a sneaker, a broken Christmas ornament, a piece of wilted lettuce. Although Benny doesn't understand what these things are saying, he can sense their emotional tone; some are pleasant, a gentle hum or coo, but others are snide, angry and full of pain. When