Good Omens meets The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet in Ryka Aoki's Light From
Uncommon Stars, a defiantly joyful adventure set in California's San Gabriel
Valley, with cursed violins, Faustian bargains, and queer alien courtship over
fresh-made donuts.
Shizuka Satomi made a deal with the devil: to escape damnation, she must entice
seven other violin prodigies to trade their souls for success. She has already
delivered six.
When Katrina Nguyen, a young transgender runaway, catches Shizuka's ear with her
wild talent, Shizuka can almost feel the curse lifting. She's found her final
candidate.
But in a donut shop off a bustling highway in the San Gabriel Valley, Shizuka
meets Lan Tran, retired starship captain, interstellar refugee, and mother of
four. Shizuka doesn't have time for crushes or coffee dates, what with her very
soul on the line, but Lan's kind smile and eyes like stars might just redefine a
soul's worth. And maybe something as small as a warm donut is p...