"Torchfire Moira Buffini (Faber) In her 2024 YA debut Songlight, Buffini plunged young adult readers into a dystopian landscape inspired by John Wyndham's The Chrysalids, with nations bitterly divided by attitudes to telepathy. The second in the trilogy pits the Brightlanders, who persecute those with songlight, against the Aylish, who prize them and the Teroans, spacefaring telepaths who see ordinary humans as disposable."
"As multiple finely drawn protagonists including Elsa, searching desperately for sanctuary, Nightingale, forced to appease a terrifying captor, and Rye, trying to understand an extraordinary discovery fight to find love, acceptance and safety, the book blazes like its title, consuming the reader more fiercely with every page. Fans will find it hard to wait for the final instalment."
A dystopian trilogy divides nations by attitudes to telepathy: Brightlanders persecute songlight users, Aylish prize them, and Teroans treat ordinary humans as disposable. Multiple protagonists — Elsa, desperate for sanctuary; Nightingale, compelled to placate a terrifying captor; and Rye, uncovering an extraordinary discovery — confront danger while pursuing love, acceptance and safety. The narrative intensity grows, delivering emotional stakes and momentum that heighten anticipation for the finale. A separate history of LGBTQ+ activism emphasizes the power of words to wound and to affirm, tracing sit-ins, marches and protests and linking personal homophobic bullying to broader social courage and change.
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