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Nadia Afifi’s debut novel The Sentient is the kind of science fiction narrative that comfortably inhabits the realm of plausi­bility. There is superb technology on display here, including ways of dealing with trauma that would be very useful today, but human suffering, stress, death, and the dark side of religious fanaticism are at the core of the novel, showing that annoying human trait of moving forward in terms of what we can do while simultaneously staying behind on the things that matters most. Amira Valdez is a young neuroscientist with dreams of bringing her talents to outer space. She is an outstanding student with a promising future, but she still struggles dealing with her past. Amira grew up in strange religious compound known as Children of the New Covenant where physical and emotional abuse was normalized, and the life she has built after escaping isn’t com­pletely free of the trauma and bad memories of her years spent at the compound. When, instead of getting t

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