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The beginning of a great saga..." --NPR.org "
This compelling Nigerian-influenced fantasy has a wonderfully unique premise and lush, brilliant worldbuilding that will consume you until the last page."--Buzzfeed ..".
Unforgettable in its darkness, inequality, and magic." --VOYA, Starred Review ..".
A paean to an emerging black legend."--Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review Black Panther meets Nnedi Okorafor's Akata Witch in Beasts Made of Night, the first book in an epic fantasy duology. iBooks Most Anticipated YA Books of the Fall io9's All the Science Fiction and Fantasy Books to Keep On Your Radar This Fall BuzzFeed's 22 YA Novels You'll Want To Read From Cover To Cover This Fall A 2017 BookExpo Buzz Book A Junior Library Guild Selection.
Packed with dark magic and thrilling action, Beasts Made of Night is a gritty Nigerian-influenced fantasy perfect for fans of Paolo Bacigalupi and Nnedi Okorafor.
Debut author Tochi Onyebuchi delivers an unforgettable series opener that powerfully explores the true meaning of justice and guilt.
Now Taj must fight to save the princess that he loves--and his own life.
When Taj is called to eat a sin of a member of the royal family, he's suddenly thrust into the center of a dark conspiracy to destroy Kos.
Most aki are driven mad by the process, but Taj is cocky and desperate to provide for his family.
When he kills a sin-beast, a tattoo of the beast appears on his skin while the guilt of committing the sin appears on his mind.
But Taj's livelihood comes at a terrible cost.
Taj is the most talented of the aki, young sin-eaters indentured by the mages to slay the sin-beasts.
In the walled city of Kos, corrupt mages can magically call forth sin from a sinner in the form of sin-beasts--lethal creatures spawned from feelings of guilt. ..".
The beginning of a great saga..." --NPR.org "
This compelling Nigerian-influenced fantasy has a wonderfully unique premise and lush, brilliant worldbuilding that will consume you until the last page."--Buzzfeed ..".
Unforgettable in its darkness, inequality, and magic." --VOYA, Starred Review ..".
A paean to an emerging black legend."--Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review Black Panther meets Nnedi Okorafor's Akata Witch in Beasts Made of Night, the first book in an epic fantasy duology
