Description

In a world where stories don’t just entertain but shape reality, a writer’s voice becomes a battleground—tested by power, memory, and the dangerous distance between what’s written and what’s lived. As the consequences of authorship ripple outward, the novel follows characters who must confront who gets to tell the truth, who benefits from it, and what it costs to control a narrative. Blending speculative imagination with sharp social insight, it explores themes of identity, authorship, censorship, and the ethics of storytelling. With Nnedi Okorafor’s distinctive, propulsive style—grounded in wonder and urgency—this is a thought-provoking read about the lives we build through language, and the lives that are erased when the author is silenced.

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paperback edition cover

paperback

HarperCollins Publishers

Published Jan 1, 2025

448 pages

ISBN: 9780063391154

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paperback edition cover

paperback

HarperCollins Publishers

Published Jan 1, 2025

448 pages

ISBN: 9780063391147

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First Published

2025

Language

eng

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