Moon Witch, Spider King by Marlon James

THE SECOND NOVEL IN THE REVOLUTIONARY DARK STAR TRILOGY IS HERE!
 
Booker Prize-winner Marlon James once again draws on a rich tradition of African mythology and fantasy to imagine a mythic world, a lost child, a 177-year-old witch and a mystery with many answers . . .
 
Part adventure, part chronicle of an indomitable woman - the witch Sogolon - who bows to no man, this is an unforgettable exploration of power, personality, and the places where they overlap, set in a world at once ancient and startlingly modern.

In the words of Neil Gaiman, James has created "a fantasy world as well-realized as anything Tolkien made, with language as powerful as Angela Carter's". Chronicling the same events but telling a very different story - who will you believe? Read THE DARK STAR TRILOGY in any order! Book one, BLACK LEOPARD, RED WOLF, is available now. 
 
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"Even more gripping and inventive than its predecessor...like Tolkien on ayahuasca." - Observer
 
"Moving, vivid, and thought-provoking...brilliant." - Buzzfeed
 
"James masterfully flips the first instalment on its head... a titanic story of empire, adventure and power." - Esquire
 
"Told with James' inimitable linguistic verve...Riotous, ultraviolent, dazzlingly inventive." - Literary Hub