[Excerpt]: Dick looked around, both surprised and terrified. He had never seen so many books. In this semi-circular room, the ceiling stretched at least three stories high, and ancient bookshelves were neatly arranged with rows of paper books. Everyone else, even the Inquisitor, stood there, speechless with awe.

[Reader Review] I prefer fantasy; I rarely read science fiction, but once it grabs my attention, it's absolutely irresistible. *Bookship* is such a work.

★ No one can destroy books, and no one ever will. Even the most stubborn opponents will feel a profound tremor in the face of the crystallization of human knowledge and beauty. This is not just a story about books, but a story about why we are human.

★ When all paper books in the universe are considered "contraband," a dilapidated spaceship called the "Book Ship" becomes the last mobile spark of human civilization. *The Book Ship* tells the story of a group of ordinary people in a future space age that attempts to erase complexity, unify thought, and forget history, and how they protect humanity itself by safeguarding the most traditional and "outdated" carrier of knowledge—books.

★ Space opera × hard science fiction × space western! A cinematic narrative that you won't be able to put down once you start! If you love the romantic desolation of *Fireflies* and are captivated by the grand narrative of *The Expanse*, then this book is the cosmic adventure for you.

★ The story of *The Book Ship* essentially constructs an ultimate contradiction between high technology and low civilization, between vast space and narrow-minded thinking. It blends the sharp contradiction between technological prosperity and intellectual barrenness, offering a profound analysis and incisive satire of trends in our real world such as historical revisionism, information monopoly, the digital divide, and the shrinking space for independent culture.

★ Not every spaceship is a bookstore, but every bookstore bears the shadow of a spaceship to some extent. Dark times sometimes need naive and simple stories. This book is dedicated to those independent bookstores that, under the pressure of economic conditions and the ubiquitous digital landscape, still persevere and guard their pure land.

★ The book ship is not just a spaceship, but also a "Noah's Ark of thought," rescuing the seeds of human civilization from the flood of ideas. This book is dedicated to all the "captains" of the book ship steer in the darkness—independent bookstore owners, librarians, teachers, writers, and every ordinary person who transmits ideas.

★ New book released in June 2025, sold 8,000 copies in just 6 months! The cover and design alone have garnered a large readership!

In a post-Earth space future, a totalitarian institution called the "Inquisition" systematically burns all paper books under the pretext that "books contain radiation." Distributing or possessing books is considered a serious crime. Against this backdrop, a dilapidated spaceship called the "Bookship" traverses the universe. On the surface, it's an ordinary cargo ship, but in reality, it carries what may be the last paper bookstore in the universe, the last bastion of intellectual freedom and human cultural heritage.

The Bookship crashes on a backward planet, where the local inhabitants, influenced by Inquisition propaganda, intend to destroy it. In a moment of crisis, the spaceship self-repairs and sets sail, carrying a boy with amnesia—Dick. In his pocket lies an extraordinary book, containing secrets about Earth, the planet of human origins. In this universe where books are forbidden, the book in his pocket is the greatest secret and the only hope. Dick is forced to become a crew member, sailing alongside a gloomy captain, the hot-tempered and reckless John, the cheerful Petra, and the ship's consciousness—a holographic ghost. Here, cruelty and humanity coexist, development and savagery coexist, and nobility and betrayal are inseparable.

The "Book Ship" is more than just a spaceship. It carries perhaps the last bastion of thought and hope in the entire universe, concerning the freedom of thought, the freedom of action, and the freedom of communication between people. These are precisely the values ​​upheld by the best independent bookstores on Earth. *The Book Ship* is not just a story about saving books; it is a story about upholding civilization amidst savagery, pursuing freedom amidst oppression, and maintaining hope amidst despair. It uses the shell of a Western space setting to encase a warm and powerful core, enough to move any reader who believes in the power of words and ideas.

This book transcends the boundaries of genre fiction. Even readers who don't frequently read science fiction will be captivated by its tight plot, vivid characters, and profound emotions. It has been described as "unputdownable once you start," a reading experience akin to watching a captivating film.

Maria Zarklchenko：Writer and screenwriter, Kniguru Award finalist, journalist.