Showing results for "Fantasies" in African American

Ella has a Thing. She sees a classmate grow up to become a caring nurse. A neighbor's son murdered in a drive-by shooting. Things that haven't happened yet. Kev, born while Los Angeles burned around them, wants to protect his sister from a power that could destroy her. But when Kev is incarcerated, Ella must decide what it means to watch her brother suffer while holding the ability to wreck cities in her hands. Rooted in the hope that can live in anger, Riot Baby is as much an intimate family story as a global dystopian narrative.

In Bodyminds Reimagined Sami Schalk traces how Black women's speculative fiction complicates the understanding of bodyminds - the intertwinement of the mental and the physical - in the context of race, gender, and (dis)ability. Bridging Black feminist theory with disability studies, Schalk demonstrates that this genre's political potential lies in the authors' creation of bodyminds that transcend reality's limitations.

A beautiful young city girl by the name of Shore suffers from an unknown case of epilepsy. Without the money for better care, Shore doesn't know why her spells occurs. She finds herself in a small unknown town with hidden secrets, looking for a cure to her illness. 

In a land similar to South Africa, twin brothers are beset by powerful forces beyond their understanding or control in this thrilling blend of science fiction, horror, magic, and dark humor—evocative of the works of Lauren Beukes, Ian McDonald, and Nnedi Okorafor—from the author of The Prey...

Diane McKinney-Whetstone’s latest character-rich, page-turner blends her signature style with a little magic in her depiction of the Maces, a vibrant family of Philadelphia clairvoyants with issues. Ayana has inherited the Knowing gene that the Maces believe have been passed down to at least...

From New York Times bestselling author Akwaeke Emezi comes a steamy paranormal romance set in the Black South—a bold new foray that takes us on a journey of magic and fantasy, from the whispering creeks outside the city of Salvation to the very depths of Hell itself. Tenderhearted Galilee was...

A strange email from a college student pulls Mythical agents Himora Clarke and Trevor Coleman into a hidden world of doors, memory spells, and a powerful vampire family who'll do anything to keep their secrets buried. What begins as a simple lead unravels into a generational story meant to stay buried. Secrets that refuse to die, and sins that never stop feeding. As our unlikely agents are pulled closer to each other, their bond stirs a darkness that could be the very thing that destroys them both, just as it did once before.

Five miles off the South Carolina coast, Darden and Catherina are getting their promised forty acres, all of it undersea. Like every Black “mer,” they’ve been experimentally modified to adapt to their new subaquatic home - and have met with extreme resistance from white supremacists. Darden has an inspired plan for resolution. For both those on land and the webbed bottom-dwellers below, Darden is hoping to change the wave of the future.

Sinners meets The Witcher in this debut fantasy novel of two witches battling for the soul of New Orleans—an “intoxicating” mix of magic, love, and intrigue (Sarah Penner, The Lost Apothecary). “A riveting read that does not shy away from both the light and the dark aspects of the...

Alonzo “Zo” Taylor was the number one worldwide hip-hop artist when a sex scandal destroyed it all. Now five years later, he’s become an angry recluse, preferring solitude and loneliness to the full life he once enjoyed. Until he encounters a teen who reminds him of his past. And a woman that makes him believe in a future.

The epic second book in M. H. Ayinde's relentlessly gripping Invoker Trilogy, following the Sunday Times bestselling debut A Song of Legends Lost. Tension simmers across Nine Lands. In the capital, the people of Lordsgrave seethe with resentment after the horrors of the greyblood attack. Clan...

From the moment forty-eight alien superheroes crash-landed on Earth, photographer Monika Neumann had a favorite. She’s been crushing on the literally electrifying Taranis ever since she saw the cutie crawling out of his pod. Unfortunately, his popularity isn’t exactly crackling these days. He could use an image boost. Monika is in. One right photo op and she’ll put her ridiculously hot lightning-bolt-wielding hero back in the public’s favor. The best part is, the mission will bring her closer to Taranis.

Arnulf slås medvetslös på en engelsk strand och när han vaknar upp befinner han sig, till sin förvåning, i ett kloster. En munk vid namn Stefanus sköter om hans såriga kropp och till en början förstår Arnulf varken ut eller in. Hur har han hamnat där? Och var ska han ta vägen härnäst? Det ena leder till det andra och inte långt därefter är Arnulf, nu under namnet Veulf, återigen på plundringsfärd med ett nytt sällskap vikingar.

Vinterkongen fortæller historien om England i 400-tallet, og i særdeleshed historien om den legendariske Kong Arthur og hans kamp for at forene de britiske kongedømmer. Historiens fortæller er en ung mand, Derfel, som den store druide Merlin har taget under sine vinger. Da historien tager sin begyndelse, dør kong Uther af alderdom. Uther har ingen direkte arving, men hans afdøde søn har efterladt sig en gravid hustru, som til alles glæde sætter et drengebarn i verden, Mordred. En kommende konge! Men den spæde dreng har mange fjender, som gør, hvad de kan, for at sætte ham ud af spillet.

After regaining her memories from her past life, Jasora embarks on a journey to uncover the dark secrets hidden within the Maikoh Tribe, the community of her mate, Wolfgang. As she delves deeper into the tribe's secrets, she finds herself in danger, her life threatened by those who wish to keep the truth buried.

""Don't be alarmed - that dizzy pleasurable sensation you're experiencing is just your brain slowly exploding from all the wild magnificent worldbuilding in Nicky Drayden's Escaping Exodus. I loved these characters and this story, and so will you."" - Sam J. Miller, Nebula-Award-winning author...

From a new voice in the tradition of Lauren Beukes, Ian McDonald, and Nnedi Okorafor comes The Prey of Gods, a fantastic, boundary-challenging tale, set in a South African locale both familiar and yet utterly new, which braids elements of science fiction, fantasy, horror, and dark humor. In...

Two sisters are trapped on opposite sides of reality in this entrancing and deeply moving debut novel that weaves together a contemporary narrative with a parallel fantasy world. One year ago, a tragic car accident killed 22-year-old Laine’s parents and left her 18-year-old sister, Alyssa...

Et løfte bandt Uthred af Bebbanburg til kong Alfred. Ligesom et løfte bandt ham til Æthelflaed. Nu tvinger et løfte ham væk fra hans fædrene hjem, som han har kæmpet så hårdt for at genvinde. Sammen med en lille gruppe krigere rejser Uthred mod syd og direkte ind i skiftende alliancer og kampen om kongedømmet, hvor han får brug for al sin styrke for at overvinde den stærkeste kriger af dem alle.

A historical novel that brings to life the resiliency of the indigenous Taíno people in the Caribbean whose culture was virtually destroyed within two generations of their “discovery” by Christopher Columbus in 1492 Paradise Once is a sweeping historical novel that brings to life the...