Waiting on Wednesday (102)

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Breaking the Spine that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating. So here's this week's WOW pick:

Illuminae was one of my favorite books of 2015 and I can't wait to read the next installment in the series! I've had Gemina pre-ordered since the day it popped up on Amazon and it sounds freaking amazing! It follows what is happening at the Heimdall Jump Station concurrently with the events on the Hypatia we read about in book one. The whole time I was reading Illuminae, I couldn't help but wonder what was going on at Heimdall and I'm equal parts ecstatic and terrified to read this book. October 18th needs to get here faster!

Gemina
(The Illuminae Files #2)
Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
Release: October 18, 2016
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The highly anticipated sequel to the instant New York Times bestseller that critics are calling “out-of-this-world awesome.”

Moving to a space station at the edge of the galaxy was always going to be the death of Hanna’s social life. Nobody said it might actually get her killed.

The sci-fi saga that began with the breakout bestseller Illuminae continues on board the Jump Station Heimdall, where two new characters will confront the next wave of the BeiTech assault.

Hanna is the station captain’s pampered daughter; Nik the reluctant member of a notorious crime family. But while the pair are struggling with the realities of life aboard the galaxy’s most boring space station, little do they know that Kady Grant and the Hypatia are headed right toward Heimdall, carrying news of the Kerenza invasion.

When an elite BeiTech strike team invades the station, Hanna and Nik are thrown together to defend their home. But alien predators are picking off the station residents one by one, and a malfunction in the station’s wormhole means the space-time continuum might be ripped in two before dinner. Soon Hanna and Nik aren’t just fighting for their own survival; the fate of everyone on the Hypatia—and possibly the known universe—is in their hands.

But relax. They’ve totally got this. They hope.

Once again told through a compelling dossier of emails, IMs, classified files, transcripts, and schematics, Gemina raises the stakes of the Illuminae Files, hurling readers into an enthralling new story that will leave them breathless.

What book are you waiting on?