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Stephen Embleton - Bones and Runes, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2027

Bones and Runes

Av Stephen Embleton

207 kr

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Mlilo's bag of bones has gonemissing—and it'll take all the magic he can muster, and all thehelp his friends can give, to get them back. Mlilo is an isangoma -- a traditionalZulu healer and magic-worker whose power comes from his sacredamathambo. But when it goes missing, he starts to think that some ofthe bones he's inherited may have more power, and more secrets, thanhe realized. On an unprecedented journey through themagical realms of his ancestry and traditional beliefs, Mlilo mustteam up with his friend Dan, a druid apprentice, and Amira, Dan'sex-girlfriend who's on the hunt for the legendary sword of LordShiva. Confronting spirits and beingsfrom the realm of Abaphansi who would like the power of the bones fortheir own, Mlilo, Dan, and Amira begin to recover his amathambo pieceby piece. But each fight is tougher than the last, and each newbattle might mean life or death. . . .
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2027-06-10
  • Mått: 152 x 228 x 16 mm
  • Vikt: 403 g
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 298
  • Förlag: Rosarium Publishing
  • ISBN: 9798993295039
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Stephen Embleton was born in Kwa-Zulu-Natal, South Africa and is now based in Oxford. He has been a Royal Literary Fund grant recipient and a fellow at the University of Oxford's African Studies Centre. His novella Undulation won a Nommo Award for Best Novella by an African. His fiction and academic writing have been published in the anthologies Imagine Africa 500 and in Afro-Centered Futurisms in Our Speculative Fiction, and in Aké Review and Enkare Review. His new novel Bones and Runes was a finalist for the James Currey Prize for the best unpublished work of fiction written in English set in Africa. He is a charter member of the African Speculative Fiction Society and a member of the Afro-centric fantasy and speculative fiction shared-world the Sauúti Collective.

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"Highly original and compelling.Embleton's strange world is immersive and intriguing. This is a novelof adventure and ideas.”—T.L. Huchu, author of The Libraryof the Dead

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