Join us for our great conversation, cocktails and the opportunity to meet the author of this month's Fantasy book club pick! We are diving into "The Memory Hunters" by Mia Tsai, and Mia will be joining us. Hosted by Jaime Rosegren, this book club will give you the opportunity to discuss a great book with not only like-minded readers but also the author herself. Whether you've finished or just started, you're welcome to join. A copy of the book purchased from our store is your "ticket."
About The Book:
Inception meets Indiana Jones in this cinematic, slow burn, romantic fantasy following a headstrong academic and her equally stubborn bodyguard as they unearth an ancient secret that rocks the foundations of their society…and challenges their unspoken love for one another. A sapphic, dark academia-adjacent, climate dystopia — with mushrooms — for readers of Blood Over Bright Haven, A Memory Called Empire, and Ink Blood Sister Scribe.
“The relationship between Vale and Key is beautifully vivid and takes a well-earned, startling turn toward the end. The Memory Hunters is a haunting story about how we preserve the past, and the cost of clinging too tight.” – The Washington Post
Kiana Strade can dive deeper into blood memories than anyone alive. But instead of devoting her talents to the temple she’s meant to lead, Key wants to do research for the Museum of Human Memory. . . and to avoid the public eye.
Valerian IV’s twin swords protect Key from murderous rivals and her own enthusiasm alike. Vale cares about Key as a friend—and maybe more—but most of all, she needs to keep her job so she can support her parents and siblings in the storm-torn south. But when Key collects a memory that diverges from official history, only Vale sees the fallout. Key’s mentor suspiciously dismisses the finding; her powerful mother demands she stop research altogether. And Key, unusually affected by the memory, begins to lose moments, then minutes, then days.
As Vale becomes increasingly entangled in Key’s obsessive drive for answers, the women uncover a shattering discovery—and a devastating betrayal. Key and Vale can remain complicit, or they can jeopardize everything for the truth. Either way, Key is becoming consumed by the past in more ways than one, and time is running out.