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The 23rd Hero

2025 Audie Awards® finalist

The 23rd Hero is a 2025 Audie Awards finalist in the Best Narration by the Author category alongside the works of Whoopi Goldberg and Salman Rushie.

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The 23rd hero
#1 Amazon bestseller
2024 Reader's Choice Award winner
2025 Audie Awards® finalist

#1 Amazon bestseller and 2024 Readers' Choice Award winner

"Fierce, funny, rollicking, racy…The 23rd Hero is a page-turning, wild, and marvelous ride.”

— Susan Choi, Pulitzer Prize finalist and National Book Award Winner for Trust Exercise

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The passion is incendiary…in this Outlander-esque adventure. Fans of time-travel romance are likely to find this story deeply satisfying.”

— Kirkus Reviews

A magical combination of dystopian science fiction, call to environmental action, and passionate love story. A breathtakingly original and gripping story."

— Melodie Winawer, acclaimed author of The Scribe of Siena and Anticipation

Nguyen’s razor-sharp humor, gorgeous prose, and lush world building had me turning the pages late into the night."

— Jessica Pearce Rotondi, author of What We Inherit: A Secret War and a Family’s Search for Answers

About the author

Rebecca Anne Nguyen

Rebecca Anne Nguyen (she/her) is the author of The 23rd Hero, a #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.

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Publicity inquiries: Sharon at BookSavvy PR dot com.

Literary, film, and TV rights: Jason at Castle Bridge Media dot com.

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