Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Worth of a Shell | 2009 | M.C.A. Hogarth | Buy |
| 2 | Pearl in the Void | 2013 | M.C.A. Hogarth | Buy |
| 3 | A Bloom in the North | 2013 | M.C.A. Hogarth | Buy |
The Stone Moon Trilogy by M.C.A. Hogarth is set in the world of the Jokka, Hogarth’s tri-gendered alien species. Beginning with The Worth of a Shell in 2009, the trilogy tells a longer, more connected story than the standalone novellas in Stories of the Jokka. The first book examines what a single life is worth in a society where the three sexes have very different roles and expectations.
Pearl in the Void and A Bloom in the North, both published in 2013, continue the story into new territory, both geographically and culturally. The trilogy follows its characters as they confront challenges that force the Jokka to reconsider some of their oldest assumptions about gender, power, and survival.
Like all of Hogarth’s Jokka fiction, The Stone Moon Trilogy uses alien biology as a lens for exploring social questions. The three-sex system is not just a curiosity but the foundation of every political and personal conflict in the books. Readers who want to go deeper into the Jokka world after the shorter novellas will find this trilogy provides the space for that.