num_pages: 451
description: The merchant ship Mukudori encompasses the whole of eight-year-old Jos's world, until a notorious pirate destroys the ship, slaughters the adults, and enslaves the children. Thus begins a desperate odyssey of terror and escape that takes Jos beyond known space to the homeworld of the strits, Earth's alien enemies. To survive, the boy must become a living weapon and a master spy. But no training will protect Jos in a war where every hope might be a deadly lie, and every friendship might hide a lethal betrayal. And all the while he will face the most grueling trial of his lifebecoming his own man.
language: English
title: Warchild
titlecomplete: Warchild (Warchild, #1)
genres: LGBT, Fantasy, Aliens, Young Adult, Science Fiction Fantasy, Space Opera, Fiction, Military Fiction, Science Fiction, Queer
ratings_count: 2170
series: Warchild
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Locus Award
category: Best First Novel, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Philip K. Dick Award, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Warner Aspect First Novel Contest, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Prix Aurora Award
category: Best Long-Form Work in English
publisher: Aspect