Canon

By Paige Lewis

Categories: Literature & Fiction

Canon (2026) is the debut novel of Paige Lewis, author of the poetry collection Space Struck, published by Viking. Kirkus called it "a brash, informed, and funny anti-epic." Yara, a reclusive nonbinary artist, is recruited by God to kill Dominic, leader of the Bad Guys, and travels by talking whale to prepare. Meanwhile the prophet Adrena, convinced she should be the hero, schemes to win God's favor as their quests converge on revelations about life, death and destiny.

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• John Green: “I greatly admire the new novel Canon by Paige Lewis, which feels both like an epic poem from hundreds of years ago and like a novel that could only have been written right now.”