Binti secretly leaves her home and home planet to become a student at the best university in the Galaxy. But there is a long-standing and terrible war going on in the world with jellyfish, an alien race. Binti witnesses a terrible battle; for inexplicable reasons, she is the only survivor on the ship, and the leader of the jellyfish enters into negotiations with her. Nnedi Okorafor received a Hugo Award and a Nebula Award for this book.