The Book of Joan

Out of the ranks of the endless wars rises Jean de Men, a charismatic & bloodthirsty cult leader who turns CIEL into a quasi-corporate police state. A group of rebels unite to dismantle his iron rule—galvanized by the heroic song of Joan, a child-warrior who possesses a mysterious force that lives within her & communes with the earth. When de Men & his armies turn Joan into a martyr, the consequences are astonishing. And no one—not the rebels, Jean de Men, or even Joan herself—can foresee the way her story & unique gift will forge the destiny of an entire world for generations.

A riveting tale of destruction & love found in direst of places—even at the extreme end of post-human experience—Lidia Yuknavitch’s The Book of Joan raises questions about what it means to be human, the fluidity of sex & gender, & the role of art as means for survival.

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