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Dark Star

This epic saga delves into the depths of African mythology and history, weaving together adventure, magic, and dark secrets. Follow the journeys of extraordinary characters on perilous quests where the lines between truth and deception blur. The series explores power, identity, and the search for meaning in a brutal world filled with monsters and hidden motives. It's a captivating exploration of the legends that shaped existence.

Moon Witch, Spider King
Black Leopard, Red Wolf

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  1. 1

    Black Leopard, Red Wolf

    • 640 pages
    • 23 hours of reading
    3.4(12709)Add rating

    Tracker is a hunter, known throughout the thirteen kingdoms as one who has a nose - and he always works alone. But he breaks his own rule when, hired to find a lost child, he finds himself part of a group of hunters all searching for the same boy. Each of these companions is stranger and more dangerous than the last, from a giant to a witch to a shape-shifting Leopard, and each has secrets of their own. As the mismatched gang follow the boy's scent from perfumed citadels to infested rivers to the enchanted darklands and beyond, set upon at every turn by creatures intent on destroying them, Tracker starts to wonder: who really is this mysterious boy? Why do so many people want to stop him being found? And, most important of all, who is telling the truth and who is lying?

    Black Leopard, Red Wolf
  2. 2

    In this mighty follow-up to his number one bestseller Black Leopard, Red Wolf, Booker-winner Marlon James once again draws on a rich tradition of African mythology, fantasy and history to tell the story of Sogolon the Moon Witch. Part adventure story, part tale of an indomitable woman, Moon Witch, Spider King chronicles the antagonist-turned-antihero's journey from an ostracised no-name girl, hated by her brothers and made to live in a termite hill, to a woman with fully developed powers engaged in a long-standing feud with the Aesi, chancellor to the king. Offering Sogolon's version of the events of Black Leopard, Red Wolf, Moon Witch, Spider King is an unforgettable exploration of power, resistance and revenge set in a world at once ancient and startlingly modern.

    Moon Witch, Spider King