Down in the Sea of Angels, Khan Wong
Down in the Sea of Angels, Khan Wong
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Down in the Sea of Angels

Author: Khan Wong

Narrator: Eunice Wong

Unabridged: 11 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/22/2025

Synopsis

An intense and thoughtful time-travelling dystopian fantasy where three individuals, psychically linked through time, fight enslavement, exploitation, and environmental collapse. A great read for fans of Emily St. John Mandel. In the year 2106, climate change has altered the world, transforming borders, cities, and socioeconomic structures. Additionally, a cosmic event known as the “Bloom” has awakened psionic abilities in a small percentage of the population. One such individual is Maida Sun, who possesses the ability to know the history of objects she touches. In the course of her new job with a cultural recovery project in San Francisco, she comes across an object that plunges her into the lives of Li Nuan, a sex-trafficked girl in a Chinatown brothel in 1906 longing for freedom, and Nathan, a tech-designer and hedonist in 2006 seeking greater purpose. When a chance encounter with a political leader’s watch reveals a plan to eliminate psions—people like her—Maida must find a way to stop his agenda before it gains traction. Flashes of the past and glimpses of the future provide Maida, Li Nuan and Nathan clues to help their own situations as they, each in their own way, confront exploitation and fight for liberation while living under the specter of environmental collapse.

About Khan Wong

Khan Wong has published poetry, played cello in an earnest folk-rock duo, and been an internationally known hula hoop teacher and performer. He's toured with a circus and produced circus arts shows in San Francisco, where he also worked as a grantmaker with a public sector arts funding agency.

About Eunice Wong

Eunice Wong is an audiobook narrator and an award-winning, Juilliard-trained actor who works in professional theatres across the United States and in New York City.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jamedi on May 03, 2025

Review originally on JamReads Down in the Sea of Angels is a bold dystopian sci-fi novel, written by Khan Wong, and published by Angry Robot Books. A difficult to characterize book, which presents us to three stories, loosely linked by a jade teacup (to be fair, all becomes clearer the more you a......more

Goodreads review by Lena on April 20, 2025

If you love dystopian fantasy and sci-fi, multiple storylines, psychic abilities, character development and real-world politics then I’d recommend to check this out! Down in the Sea of Angels follows 3 characters (Li Nuan, Nathan and Maida) in their separate timelines, 1906, 2006 and 2106 respectivel......more

Goodreads review by Emily on February 19, 2025

I received an ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own. This book follows three people linked through time—one in 1906, one in 2006, and one in 2106. In the future, a cosmic event called the Bloom has awakened psionic abilities in some of the population, but it’s a......more

Goodreads review by Talia on March 05, 2025

I received an ARC for this book thanks to Netgalley and Angry Robot. 4.5 stars. Wow! That is my first thought when paraphrasing my thoughts on this book. This was different in the best way possible. Not only was the writing beautiful, but the message was vital. This is the type of book I think every......more

Goodreads review by Anne (eggcatsreads) on March 28, 2025

A story told in three separate timelines - 1906, 2006, 2106 - with a psychic connection to a jade teacup binding all of them together. I’ll be honest - this book did not work for me. Personally, I felt like the connection between the three timelines to be…tentative at best, and at no point did it fe......more

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