The Red Scholar's Wake'A great sapphic sci fi' Samantha Shannon Xich Si: bot maker, data analyst, mother, scavenger. But those days are over nowher ship has just been captured by the Red Banner pirate fleet, famous for their double dealing and cruelty. Xich Si expects to be tortured to deathonly for the pirates' enigmatic leader, Rice Fish, to arrive with a different and shocking proposition: an arranged marriage between Xich Si and herself. Rice Fish: sentient ship,