The Dance of Shadows
The Aldiss Award-winning epic fantasy inspired by West African myth and magic
$37.69
- Paperback
560 pages
- Release Date
7 April 2025
Summary
WINNER OF THE 2025 ALDISS AWARD FOR WORLD BUILDING
A young magician fighting for liberation is drawn into a battle between the gods in this West African-inspired epic from an incredible new voice in fantasy …
Rumi and his family are Odu, stricken with poverty and disparaged by the other tribes. When ruthless agents of the Palmaine - the colonising nation that dominates the continent of Basmine - threaten to destroy the village market, Rumi takes it upon himsel…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781399612630 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1399612638 |
| Author: | Rogba Payne |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Gollancz |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 560 |
| Release Date: | 7 April 2025 |
| Weight: | 380g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 44mm |
| Series: | Song of Godhunters |
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Critics Review
An engrossing saga of magic and music, which painfully illustrates how someone’s true purpose in life can be knocked off course by oppression and war * Eddie Robson, author of Drunk on All Your Strange New Words *With this very entertaining debut, joins the likes of Nnedi Okorafor and Tade Thompson in bringing a refreshing Afrocentric perspective to genre tropes * Financial Times *A rich, detailed and (be warned) visceral take on high fantasy that leaves you impatient for sequels * SFX *
About The Author
Rogba Payne
Rogba Payne was born in London and raised across both London and Lagos, Nigeria. He is a descendant of John Augustus Otunba-Payne; the noted lawyer and murdered prince of the Ijebu-Ode royal family. Now himself a lawyer, he is most alive writing speculative fiction that examines issues of power, prejudice and spirituality. He is the author of The Dance of Shadows and A Testimony of Blood, the former of which won the inaugural Aldiss Award for Worldbuilding in 2025.
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