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The 23rd Hero: a novel
In the near future, the world is desperate for a hero. On the verge of being forced to live in underground bunkers due to climate crisis, an ordinary woman with an extraordinary memory is recruited for a time travel program to stop environmental disasters before they happen.
But when she falls in love with the program's mysterious founder, she must learn to believe in herself and her abilities before she's sent to sixteenth-century France with no way to save the world or return to the man she loves.
"A page-turning, wild, and marvelous ride." — Susan Choi, Booker Prize finalist, Pulitzer Prize finalist, winner of the National Book Award for Trust Exercise.
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2025 Audie Awards® finalist
The 23rd Hero was a 2025 Audie Awards® top-five finalist in the Narrated By The Author category alongside Whoopie Goldberg and Salman Rushdie.
Audio Publishers Association’s 30th Annual Audie Awards®, New York
Rebecca Anne Nguyen at the Audio Publishers Association’s 30 th Annual Audie Awards® on March 4 at Pier 60 in NY.
Credit: Stephen Lovekin/Shutterstock for the Audio Publishers Association/Audie Awards®.
About the author
Rebecca Anne Nguyen (she/her) is the author of The 23rd Hero, a 2025 Audie Awards finalist, #1 Amazon bestseller, and winner of the 2024 Reader's Choice Award for Best Adult Novel (Bronze). Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, Insider, and Slackjaw, among others.
photo by @refinerymke
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