As You Wake, Break the Shell - Signed Copy

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Signed Hardback Pre-Order | As You Wake, Break the Shell by Becky Chambers

Pre-order a signed hardback copy of As You Wake, Break the Shell by Becky Chambers, the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet.

Published by Hodderscape, this 480-page hardback is an uplifting new science fiction novel from one of the genre’s most beloved voices. Thoughtful, imaginative and full of heart, it is a brilliant choice for readers who enjoy hopeful sci-fi, character-driven storytelling, emotional world-building and speculative fiction with warmth and wonder.

Publication date: 22 October 2026. All signed hardback pre-orders will be dispatched as soon as stock arrives.

Secure your signed copy today from an independent UK bookshop. Carefully packaged to ensure it arrives in excellent condition.

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Told in alternating timelines, As You Wake, Break the Shell is a heartfelt and hopeful story from the award-winning writer of The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet, exploring what it means to be human and what it means to come together.

Life on Fortune is hard. The atmosphere is poisonous, the planet hardly fit for life. But for its inhabitants, it's home.

Pilot Cora suffers from a rare and dangerous condition, brought about by her bond with Colibri, the alien animal she pilots to quarry vital water for the colony. If Cora seeks treatment, she risks losing her license - and her connection to Colibri forever.

Then she meets Signy, a brilliant but reclusive botanist, whose bio-printed medicine is the only thing that can save her. But to do so, Signy must break the rules that govern their lives, risking her livelihood and the other colonists who rely on her for survival.

As Cora and Signy navigate their balance of risk and trust, they are forced to confront what they owe to each other and to their community - and begin to question whether survival is enough . . .

'THIS is the book I've been waiting for' REBECCA THORNE
'A miracle' ANTONIA HODGSON
'Becky Chambers never misses' L.R. LAM

Readers love AS YOU WAKE, BREAK THE SHELL
'This book was pure poetry' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Becky Chambers remains a wonder, and I can't wait to read whatever she writes next' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Books that comfort the soul and expand the mind' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐