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Karin Lowachee

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Karin was born in South America, grew up in Canada, and worked in the Arctic. Her novels have been translated into French, Hebrew, and Japanese, and her short stories have been published in numerous anthologies and magazines, some of which were edited by John Joseph Adams, Nalo Hopkinson, Nisi Shawl and Ann VanderMeer. When she isn't writing, she serves at the whim of a black cat.

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Karin Lowachee’s books

Average rating: 3.9 · 9,918 ratings · 1,768 reviews · 66 distinct works • Similar authors

	Warchild (Warchild, #1) 4.09 avg rating — 2,270 ratings — published 2002 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Burndive (Warchild #2) 3.92 avg rating — 949 ratings — published 2003 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cagebird (Warchild #3) 4.01 avg rating — 833 ratings — published 2005 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Gaslight Dogs (Middle Light, #1) 3.07 avg rating — 470 ratings — published 2010 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mountain Crown (The Crowns of Ishia, #1) 3.68 avg rating — 207 ratings — published 2024 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Desert Talon (The Crowns of Ishia, #2) 4.08 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 2025 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Omake: Stories from the Warchild Universe 4.41 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 2020 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Under the Silence (Warchild #2.5) 4.39 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 2023 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Covenant of Ice (The Crowns of Ishia, #3) 3.91 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 2025 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Warboy 4.50 avg rating — 10 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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I'M NOW ON KO-FI

I'm decommissioning my Patreon and launched a Ko-fi account. As I roll out content in the future, especially related to my Warchild Mosaic, hopefully this method makes it easier for readers internationally to contact and contribute, and for me to deliver my writing directly to you. For readers who would like to directly support my ability to write and thrive, I appreciate you. More to come!

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Series by Karin Lowachee

Warchild (4 books)
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4.05 avg rating — 4,191 ratings

Middle Light (1 book)
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3.07 avg rating — 470 ratings

The Crowns of Ishia (3 books)
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3.81 avg rating — 340 ratings

Karin is Currently Reading

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One Hundred Years of Solitude

by Gabriel García Márquez

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Heated Rivalry (Game Changers, #2)

by Rachel Reid

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Mirrored Heavens (Between Earth and Sky, #3)

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Karin answered Chucky88's question: Will there be a paperback copy of Under the Silence: A Warchild Mosaic Novella? If so, when would it be released? Thanks! I never saw this question 😭 But yes there is a pb print of Under the Silence available on Amazon!
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Karin wants to read A Drop of Corruption (Shadow of the Leviathan, #2) by Robert Jackson Bennett (Goodreads Author) Goodreads Choice Awards Nominee in Readers' Favorite Fantasy	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Quotes by Karin Lowachee (?)

“Privacy,is what you shut your mouth about,Denial is what you shut your eyes against.”
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“It's a bitch on this ship, isn't it?' That got an unexpected smile out of the symp. Musey had two dimples on his cheeks that made him look about half his chronological age.”
― Karin Lowachee, Burndive

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“Society has made it so I have to get paid in order to do basic things like eat and be indoors and not be naked. Once that's happened, morality's bound to get slippery.”
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Polls

DECEMBER SCIENCE FICTION: This first round poll decides which 2 books move on to the run-off poll for our December SF Book of the Month

Archangel by Sharon Shinn

15 votes, 28.3%

The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven

11 votes, 20.8%

The Blue World by Jack Vance

9 votes, 17.0%

The Dosadi Experiment by Frank Herbert

8 votes, 15.1%

Warchild by Karin Lowachee

6 votes, 11.3%

Dragon's Egg by Robert L. Forward

3 votes, 5.7%

Genetic Soldier by George Turner

1 vote, 1.9%

53 total votes

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Topics Mentioning This Author

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Queereaders: * List of group reads	1	1632	Oct 30, 2009 05:04PM
Beyond Reality: Nominations for July!	9	74	Apr 29, 2010 10:03AM
Beyond Reality: Nominations for August!	18	72	May 25, 2010 03:34PM
Beyond Reality: Welcome to June!	1	31	Jun 01, 2010 09:43AM
Beyond Reality: Welcome to July!	1	33	Jul 01, 2010 07:57AM
Beyond Reality: Welcome to August 2010!	1	37	Aug 01, 2010 08:18AM
Beyond Reality: 2010-08 THE GASLIGHT DOGS: post your questions for Karin here!	36	34	Aug 06, 2010 01:08PM
Beyond Reality: 2010-08 THE GASLIGHT DOGS: finished reading spoilers!	26	38	Aug 16, 2010 06:33PM
Beyond Reality: What are you reading in August 2010?	129	121	Sep 01, 2010 07:41AM
Beyond Reality: 2010-08 THE GASLIGHT DOGS: first impressions and rollcall (no spoilers!)	31	33	Sep 04, 2010 09:37AM

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Karin’s Quotes

“This is the problem of all great revelations: their significance so often exceeds the frame of our comprehension. We understand only after, always after. Not simply when it is too late, but precisely because it is too late.”
― R. Scott Bakker, The Darkness That Comes Before

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“Doubt begets understanding, and understanding begets compassion. Verily, it is conviction that kills.”
― R. Scott Bakker, The Thousandfold Thought

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“Faith is the truth of passion. Since no passion is more true than another, faith is the truth of nothing.”
― R. Scott Bakker, The Darkness That Comes Before

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“If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.”
― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

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