Summary
“The beauty in blackness is its ability to transform. Like energy we are neither created nor destroyed, though many try.” - West African Proverb
The Muungano empire strived and struggled to form a utopia when they split away from old earth. Freeing themselves from the endless wars and oppression of their home planet in order to shape their own futures and create a far-reaching coalition of city-states that stretched from Earth and Mars to Titan.
With the wisdom of their ancest…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781250264930 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1250264936 |
| Author: | Maurice Broaddus |
| Publisher: | St Martin's Press |
| Imprint: | St Martin's Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 10 October 2022 |
| Weight: | 562g |
| Dimensions: | 243mm x 167mm x 33mm |
| Series: | Astra Black |
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Critics Review
“Powerful, sweeping Afrofuturist space opera … A hugely ambitious and notable work of postcolonial science fiction. This takes the genre in an exciting and challenging direction.”–Publishers Weekly, starred review
“Takes off with an epic array of characters and plotlines that will enmesh readers in the politics and power struggles set across the stars.”–Library Journal, starred review
“Richly detailed and intricately plotted … will draw in readers of epic science fiction.”–Booklist
“Not to be missed.”–Washington Post
About The Author
Maurice Broaddus
MAURICE BROADDUS is a fantasy and horror author best known for his short fiction and his Knights of Breton Court novel trilogy. He has published dozens of stories in magazines and book anthologies, including in Asimov’s Science Fiction, Black Static, and Weird Tales.
Broaddus was born in London, but grew up in Indianapolis. His mother is from Jamaica, where she and many of his relatives still live.
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