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The Book of Phoenix
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ISBN10: 0756410789
ISBN13: 9780756410780
Publisher: Daw Books
Published: May 3 2016
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.50
Height: 0.60 Width: 6.00 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780756410780
Publisher: Daw Books
Published: May 3 2016
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.50
Height: 0.60 Width: 6.00 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
One of Esquire's Best Science Fiction Books of All Time! ⭐ The book is grounded by its unflinching exposure of the brutalities of colonialism, racism, and greed, and exalted by the beauty of Okorafor's prose. --Library Journal (starred review)
The Book of Phoenix is a unique work of AfricanFuturism. A prequel to the highly acclaimed, World Fantasy Award-winning novel, Who Fears Death, it features the rise of another of Nnedi Okorafor's powerful, memorable, superhuman women.
The Book of Phoenix is a unique work of AfricanFuturism. A prequel to the highly acclaimed, World Fantasy Award-winning novel, Who Fears Death, it features the rise of another of Nnedi Okorafor's powerful, memorable, superhuman women.
A fiery spirit dances from the pages of the Great Book. She brings the aroma of scorched sand and ozone. She has a story to tell.... Phoenix was grown and raised among other genetic experiments in New York's Tower 7. She is an accelerated woman--only two years old but with the body and mind of an adult, Phoenix's abilities far exceed those of a normal human. Still innocent and inexperienced in the ways of the world, she is content living in her room speed reading e-books, running on her treadmill, and basking in the love of Saeed, another biologically altered human of Tower 7. Then one evening, Saeed witnesses something so terrible that he takes his own life. Devastated by his death and Tower 7's refusal to answer her questions, Phoenix finally begins to realize that her home is really her prison, and she becomes desperate to escape. But Phoenix's escape, and her destruction of Tower 7, is just the beginning of her story. Before her story ends, Phoenix will travel from the United States to Africa and back, changing the entire course of humanity's future.
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