The Kingdom on the Waves: Octavian Nothing, Vol. 2

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Thirsty

Whales on Stilts!

The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge

Elf Dog and Owl Head

Burger Wuss

Landscape with Invisible Hand

The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation

National Book Award Winner! 
This deeply provocative novel reimagines the past as an eerie place that has startling resonance for readers today.

It sounds like a fairy tale. He is a boy dressed in silks and white wigs and given the finest of classical educations. Raised by a group of rational philosophers known only by numbers, the boy and his mother — a princess in exile from a faraway land — are the only persons in their household assigned names. As the boy's regal mother, Cassiopeia, entertains the house scholars with her beauty and wit, young Octavian begins to question the purpose behind his guardians' fanatical studies. Only after he dares to open a forbidden door does he learn the hideous nature of their experiments — and his own chilling role in them. Set against the disquiet of Revolutionary Boston, M. T. Anderson's extraordinary novel takes place at a time when American Patriots rioted and battled to win liberty while African slaves were entreated to risk their lives for a freedom they would never claim. The first of two parts, this deeply provocative novel reimagines the past as an eerie place that has startling resonance for readers today.

Perseverance

Identity

Courage

Forgiveness

Empowerment

National Pride

Guilt

The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party

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The Kingdom on the Waves: Octavian Nothing, Vol. 2

Anderson M.T., M.T., Erson, 2008

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Anderson M.T., M.T., Erson, 2002

Thirsty

Anderson M.T., M.T., Erson, 1997

Whales on Stilts!

Anderson M.T., M.T., Erson, Marc Cashman, 2005

The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge

M.T., Erson, Eugene Yelchin, Anderson M.T., 2018

Elf Dog and Owl Head

Anderson M.T., Junyi Wu, M.T., Erson, 2023

Burger Wuss

Anderson M.T., M.T., Erson, 1999

Landscape with Invisible Hand

M.T., Erson, Anderson M.T., 2017