There's barely enough space to talk about James' many inventions. witty, richly textured, and musically captivating. The second part of this trilogy is darker and, in many ways, more moving than its predecessor." - Kirkus Reviews (starred), Praise for Moon Witch, Spider King : "This second volume in a projected trilogy set in a boldly imagined, opulently apportioned ancient Africa shows that the Booker Prize-winning novelist is building something deeper and more profoundly innovative within the swords-and-sorcery genre.
James' tale picks up speed with beautifully orchestrated (and ferociously violent) set pieces and language both vivid and poetic. So much is densely packed into this narrative that it sometimes threatens to leave the reader gasping for breath, especially at the start. Praise for Moon Witch, Spider King : "This second volume in a projected trilogy set in a boldly imagined, opulently apportioned ancient Africa shows that the Booker Prize-winning novelist is building something deeper and more profoundly innovative within the swords-and-sorcery genre. Part adventure tale, part chronicle of an indomitable woman who bows to no man, it is a fascinating novel that explores power, personality, and the places where they overlap. Both a brilliant narrative device-seeing the story told in Black Leopard, Red Wolf from the perspective of an adversary and a woman-as well as a fascinating battle between different versions of empire, Moon Witch, Spider King delves into Sogolon's world as she fights to tell her own story. It takes brains and courage to challenge him, which Sogolon does for reasons of her own. It is said that Aesi works so closely with the king that together they are like the eight limbs of one spider. It's also the story of a century-long feud-seen through the eyes of a 177-year-old witch-that Sogolon had with the Aesi, chancellor to the king. In Moon Witch, Spider King, Sogolon takes center stage and gives her own account of what happened to the boy, and how she plotted and fought, triumphed and failed as she looked for him. In Black Leopard, Red Wolf, Sogolon the Moon Witch proved a worthy adversary to Tracker as they clashed across a mythical African landscape in search of a mysterious boy who disappeared.
James makes the mythic tantalizingly real.'" - Esquire Even more brilliant than the first." - Buzzfeed From Marlon James, author of the bestselling National Book Award finalist Black Leopard, Red Wolf, the second book in the Dark Star trilogy. "Masterfully flips the first installment on its head.
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