Michael Crichton meets Marvel's Venom in award-winning author Seth Dickinson's science fiction debut "Viciously funny, vivid to the point of horror, and entirely profound."--Arkady Martine "Magnificent. . . . A science fiction action juggernaut."--Tamsyn Muir "Anna, I came to Earth tracking a very old story, a story that goes back to the dawn of time. It's very unlikely that you'll die right now. It wouldn't be narratively...