Amazon Editors' Pick - August 2024 Gizmodo 's New Sci-Fi Fantasy and Horror Books Releasing
in August Screenrant #1 Most Anticipated Book in Sci-fi Coming Out in August ⭐ "Readers will
devour this." — Publishers Weekly (starred review) ⭐ "While this book may be short its impact
is anything but small." — Kirkus (starred review) Part science fiction part fantasy and
entirely infused with West African culture and spirituality this novella offers an intimate
glimpse into the life of a teenager whose coming of age will herald a new age for her world.
Set in the universe Africanfuturist luminary Nnedi Okorafor first introduced in the World
Fantasy Award-winning Who Fears Death this is the first in the She Who Knows trilogy When
there is a call there is often a response. Najeeba knows. She has had The Call. But how can
a 13-year-old girl have the Call? Only men and boys experience the annual call to the Salt
Roads. What’s just happened to Najeeba has never happened in the history of her village. But
it’s not a terrible thing just strange. So when she leaves with her father and brothers to
mine salt at the Dead Lake there’s neither fanfare nor protest. For Najeeba it’s a dream come
true: travel by camel open skies and a chance to see a spectacular place she’s only heard
about. However there must have been something to the rule because Najeeba’s presence on the
road changes everything and her family will never be the same. Small intimate up close and
deceptively quiet this is the beginning of the Kponyungo Sorceress.
