Masterfully flips the first installment on its head... James makes the mythic tantalizingly
real. Esquire Even more brilliant than the first. BuzzfeedAn Instant New York Times Bestseller
and NPR Best Book of 2022 pick From Marlon James author of the bestselling National Book Award
finalist Black Leopard Red Wolf the second book in the Dark Star trilogy.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. 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. 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. It is said that Aesi works so closely with the king that together they
arelike the eight limbs of one spider. Aesi s power is considerable and deadly. It takes brains
and courage to challenge him which Sogolon does for reasons of her own.Both 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. 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.
