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The Stardust Grail

Yume Kitasei

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Save one world. Doom her own.

Maya Hoshimoto was once the best art thief in the galaxy. For ten years, she returned stolen artifacts to alien civilizations—until a disastrous job forced her into hiding. Now she just wants to enjoy a quiet life as a graduate student of anthropology, but she’s haunted by persistent and disturbing visions of the future.

Then an old friend comes to her with a job she can’t refuse: find a powerful object that could save an alien species from extinction. Except no one has seen it in living memory, and they aren’t the only ones hunting for it.

Maya sets out on a breakneck quest through a universe teeming with strange life and ancient ruins. But the farther she goes, the more her visions cast a dark shadow over her team of friends new and old.

Someone will betray her along the way. Worse yet, in choosing to save one species, she may condemn humanity and Earth itself.

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Mareas\ \ Marines\ \ • Apr 14 2025

not to brag, but she's a reader 😌

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Celestial\ \ Steph\ \ • Jul 3

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NO, DON’T TOUCH THAT!

NO, DON’T TOUCH THAT! (be so for real though. would you?)

here are some adventurous science fiction and fantasy reads that will definitely quench your thirst for treasure hunts and galactic travels and also poking your head where you don’t belong.

📚 books mentioned: - The Stardust Grail by Yume Kitasei - Unseelie by Ivelisse Housman - The Past Is Red by Catherynne M. Valente

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thank you to Flatiron Books and HarperCollins for the gifted copies!

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Celestial\ \ Steph\ \ • Feb 26

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sci fi with disabled characters

part three of science fiction and fantasy book recommendations with disabled characters! :)

📚 books mentioned: - The Stardust Grail by Yume Kitasei - We Have Reached the End of Our Show by Ali Gordon - An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon

👗💄: - dress is from Hill House Home (rented from Nuuly) - eyeshadow is The Spring Symphony Palette from Dandy Lion Cosmetics and In A Trance Palette from Colourpop - eye shimmer is Glitterpuck (Princess Ghost) from Half Magic - mascara is Eye Enhancer Wrap from Covergirl - lip combo is Suede Matte Lip Liner (Moonwalk) from NYX Cosmetics and Magic Drip Lip Gloss (Virtual BFF) from Half Magic - (also if you have a question about my makeup or something i’m wearing, most of it is curated in my shopmy!)

thank you to Wilding Press for the gifted copy!

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Skies Press\ \ Emma\ \ • Nov 25 2025

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Guess what I've got for you today...\ \ ...\ \ ...\ \ I think that's enough to keep it out of the image preview, so....\ \ \ \ Ta-daaaaa! Subscribers actually got this a couple weeks ago so shout out to you guys for keeping it a secret in the discord.\ \ For those of you who don't know the lore here, let me give you a little background. Yes, you are reading that correct, that says this is announcing the 2024 Best of Books winners. In November. of 2025.\ \ I wish I had a reasonable excuse for this, I really do...but I don't. I genuinely can't even tell you why I didn't release this in January like I was supposed to or why I haven't released it in the many months that these images have been sitting in my Canva projects, but from the bottom of my heart I have no idea. Anyway, it has now been almost a full year since we first started the process of nominating books for our Best of Books 2024 and for the love of god I need this to not be hanging over my head anymore. I say that as though there was literally anything or anyone but my own damn self keeping me from getting this out, BUT THERE WASN'T.\ \ You ever get a text or an email from someone that you don't reply to right away and then you kind of forget about it until it's a few days later and you go "oh my god I need to reply to that" but you've remembered at 1am and that's not a reasonable hour to text someone so you'll do it in the morning, and then you wake up in the morning and for many more mornings until the next time you remember it's suddenly been weeks and now it's awkward but you really should reply to it but you put it off because now you're embarrassed and then the longer you wait the worse it gets so you just never reply and suddenly you've ignored someone you really meant to get back to?\ \ That's normal...right? Anyway that's basically what has happened here and I refuse to have this sitting on my dusty, unseen to-do list any longer so HERE are the winners of our 2024 Best of Books:\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ And there we have it! I AM FREE. Free to get started all over again on our 2025 nominations...

A SURPRISE ALMOST A YEAR IN THE MAKING (or, ya know, a year late...if you want to be technically correct about it I guess)

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Skies Press\ \ Emma\ \ • Nov 12 2025

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Guess what I've got for you today...\ \ ...\ \ ...\ \ I think that's enough to keep it out of the image preview, so....\ \ \ \ Okay, so if you don't know the lore here, let me give you a little background. Yes, you are reading that correct, that says this is announcing the 2024 Best of Books winners. In November. of 2025.\ \ I wish I had a reasonable excuse for this, I really do...but I don't. I genuinely can't even tell you why I didn't release this in January like I was supposed to or why I haven't released it in the many months that these images have been sitting in my Canva projects, but from the bottom of my heart I have no idea. Anyway, it has now been almost a full year since we first started the process of nominating books for our Best of Books 2024 and for the love of god I need this to not be hanging over my head anymore. I say that as though there was literally anything or anyone but my own damn self keeping me from getting this out, BUT THERE WASN'T. \ \ You ever get a text or an email from someone that you don't reply to right away and then you kind of forget about it until it's a few days later and you go "oh my god I need to reply to that" but you've remembered at 1am and that's not a reasonable hour to text someone so you'll do it in the morning, and then you wake up in the morning and for many more mornings until the next time you remember it's suddenly been weeks and now it's awkward but you really should reply to it but you put it off because now you're embarrassed and then the longer you wait the worse it gets so you just never reply and suddenly you've ignored someone you really meant to get back to?\ \ That's normal...right? Anyway that's basically what has happened here and I refuse to have this sitting on my dusty, unseen to-do list any longer so HERE:\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ I AM FREE. Free to get started all over again on our 2025 nominations...\ \ Upgrade for $12 or login

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Celestial\ \ Steph\ \ • Sep 13 2025

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recommending books using their opening lines!!

📚 books mentioned: - Womb City by Tlotlo Tsamaase - The Stardust Grail by Yume Kitasei - The Unfinished by Cheryl Isaacs - Heavyweight by Solomon J. Brager - Island Witch by Amanda Jayatissa - The Maiden and Her Monster by Maddie Martinez - Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah - When Among Crows by Veronica Roth - The Ghosts of Rose Hill by R.M. Romero

👗💄: - sweat set is from @comfrt - (also if you have a question about my makeup or something i’m wearing, most of it is curated in my shopmy!)

thank you to Flatiron Books, Heartdrum, William Borrow, Berkley, Tor Books, and Peachtree Teen for the gifted copies!

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Celestial\ \ Steph\ \ • Aug 16 2025

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what’s your favorite sci fi sub genre? science fiction books for lifeeee!!

📚 books mentioned: - The Past is Red by Catherynne M. Valente - Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah - An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon - The Stardust Grail by Yume Kitasei - This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone - The Unmapping by Denise S. Robbins - Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir - Kindred by Octavia Butler - The Black God’s Drums by P. Djèlí Clark - The Seep by Chana Porter - Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki - The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson - The Paradox Hotel by Rob Hart - Sunrise: Radiant Stories by Erika Kobayashi

thank you to Pantheon, Flatiron, Bindery, and Astra House for the gifted copies!

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Mareas\ \ Marines\ \ • Apr 14 2025

not to brag, but she's a reader 😌

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Celestial\ \ Steph\ \ • Dec 21 2024

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second annual StarrySteph Book Awards!

drum roll please … welcome to the second annual StarrySteph Book Awards! they’re not even the most biased book awards out there!

📚 books mentioned: - Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino - I Was a Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones - The Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie Leong - The Stardust Grail by Yume Kitasei - Little Rot by Akwaeke Emezi - Fifty Beasts to Break Your Heart by GennaRose Nethercott - The Dead Cat Tail Assassins by P. Djèlí Clark - Death’s Country by R. M. Romero - The Unfinished by Cheryl Isaacs - Sheine Lende by Darcie Little Badger - Compound Fracture by Andrew Joseph White

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Celestial\ \ Steph\ \ • Dec 5 2024

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book gifts for sci fi lovers

book recs to gift your sci fi loving reader friends!

📚 books mentioned: - The Stardust Grail by Yume Kitasei - The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson - The Black God’s Drums by P. Djèlí Clark - The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain by Sofia Samatar - Singer Distance by Ethan Chatagnier - Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki - The Past is Red by Catherynne M. Valente - The Paradox Hotel by Rob Hart

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Celestial\ \ Steph\ \ • Nov 16 2024

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read for my birthday!!

happy birthday to me; read these books because i said so (or face my wrath).

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Celestial\ \ Steph\ \ • Oct 9 2024

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queer sci fi

what’s your favorite type of sci fi story? 🪐 i’m always down to share some of my favorite queer sci fi book recs.

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Celestial\ \ Steph\ \ • Sep 14 2024

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one star reviews of books i loved!

which one convinced you the most? 😭 part sixteen of one star goodreads reviews of books i enjoyed!

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Ezeekat Press\ \ Jaysen\ \ • Jul 29 2024

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Subscriber Early Viewing - Reading Wrap Up July 2024

How was your July? Read anything good?? Thank you so much for watching!!!

Books Featured in this Video:

The Stardust Grail by Yume Kitasei Eragon by Christopher Paolini Your Letter by Hyeon A. Cho Tristan and Lancelot: A Tale of Two Knights by James Persichetti and L.S. Biehler

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Celestial\ \ Steph\ \ • Jul 20 2024

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boots and a slick back ... book?

this trend makes me smile so much. i had to try it with a bookish spin! 💡: @maisieisobel_

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Celestial\ \ Steph\ \ • Jul 18 2024

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book recs from dedications

recommending books using their dedications! (i feel like the subtitle for this one might be books that break your heart)

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Written Reveries\ \ Krystal\ \ • Jul 17 2024

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Priority TBR: Science Fiction

Priority TBR: Science Fiction Edition

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Skies Press\ \ Emma\ \ • Jun 22 2024

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New Book Tuesday: June 11, 2024

A VERY GOOD RELEASE DAY! A sci-fi book i loved, my first author interview, and even though im not reading Not In Love until the first weekend of July, im SO excited for it. 📚

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Written Reveries\ \ Krystal\ \ • Jun 21 2024

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Shevles and the City & book mail/haul

Quick life update on what I've been up to and some books I've acquired. The ones that aren't out yet are available for preorder.

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Skies Press\ \ Emma\ \ • Jun 11 2024

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My first podcast episode is up!

An interview with Yume Kitasei, author of The Deep Sky and The Stardust Grail

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Celestial\ \ Steph\ \ • Jun 8 2024

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so many lesbians, ghost dogs, and bookish events | chatty may wrap up with books & theatre

it was quite a month! I’d love to hear what you read & saw in May. :)

♥️ help Leena’s family: https://www.gofundme.com/f/qq53pg-urgent-help-support-my-familys-escape-from-gaza 🫂 Booknet Fest 2025: https://booknetfest.com/

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Skies Press\ \ Emma\ \ • May 31 2024

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Submit your questions for Yume Kitasei!

Taking question submissions for the Q&A portion of my author interview with Yume Kitasei.

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Skies Press\ \ Emma\ \ • May 31 2024

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Reading Slump Update (Reading Slumpdate?)

Time feels like it’s just going by and everything is grey and what do you mean it’s May 30??? On the one hand maybe something spectacular breaks me out of this and on the other i don’t want to start anything in this mood and risk not giving it the chance it deserves 😭 Stardust Grail was a nice change of pace and it helped that i had a friend reading it at the same time and it’ll be nice to chat with Book Club about Tempest as well. 📚

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