Part adventure tale, part chronicle of an indomitable woman who bows to no man, it is a fascinating novel that explores power, personality, and the places where they overlap. It takes brains and courage to challenge him, which Sogolon does for reasons of her own.īoth a brilliant narrative device-seeing the story told in Black Leopard, Red Wolf from the perspective of an adversary and a woman-as well as a fascinating battle between different versions of empire, Moon Witch, Spider King delves into Sogolon’s world as she fights to tell her own story. It is said that Aesi works so closely with the king that together they are like the eight limbs of one spider. Riverhead, 30 (656p) ISBN 978-0-7352-2020-1 Sogolon, the antagonist of Black Leopard, Red Wolf, tells her side of the story in Booker Prize winner. It’s also the story of a century-long feud-seen through the eyes of a 177-year-old witch-that Sogolon had with the Aesi, chancellor to the king. In Moon Witch, Spider King, Sogolon takes center stage and gives her own account of what happened to the boy, and how she plotted and fought, triumphed and failed as she looked for him. In Black Leopard, Red Wolf, Sogolon the Moon Witch proved a worthy adversary to Tracker as they clashed across a mythical African landscape in search of a mysterious boy who disappeared. "Even more brilliant than the first.” - BuzzfeedĪn Instant New York Times Bestseller and NPR Best Book of 2022 pickįrom Marlon James, author of the bestselling National Book Award finalist Black Leopard, Red Wolf, the second book in the Dark Star trilogy. James makes the mythic tantalizingly real.’” - Esquire “Masterfully flips the first installment on its head.
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