Digging Stars Audiobook

With admission to The Program an elite interdisciplinary graduate cohort at the forefront of astronomy and technology Rosas dreams are finally within reach Her research into the cosmos follows in the footsteps of her astronomer fathers revolutionary work in Bantu geometries and Indigenous astronomies A bona fide genius he transformed the scientific landscape by fusing the best of Western and Indigenous scientific thought Yet since his death during her childhood Rosa has been plagued by anxiety attacks she dubs The Terrorsand by unresolved questions about her fathers life Who is his mysterious friend Mr C Who was her father really

Ambitious hungry for success and determined to soar Rosa joins the ranks of Americas smartest Her cohort of talented Fellows includes Shaniqua her roommate who is analyzing melanin molecules and their capacity to conduct electricity Richard an expert in quantum mechanics Mausi studying Indigenous American scientific thought and Pralte Rosas estranged stepbrother whose obsessive videogaming has inspired him to become a programmer Her classmates challenge Rosas understanding of identity personhood the ethics of technology and most painfully her adulation of her father whose legacy is more complicated than it appears