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Details

Description

1. 340 pages; 22 cm

Summary

1. "Set in a wonderfully reimagined 15th century West Africa, Masquerade is a dazzling, lyrical tale exploring the true cost of one woman's fight for freedom and self-discovery, and the lengths she'll go to secure her future. Òdòdó's hometown of Timbuktu has been conquered by the warrior king of Yorùbáland. Already shunned as social pariahs, living conditions for Òdòdó and the other women in her blacksmith guild grow even worse under Yorùbá rule. Then Òdòdó is abducted. She is whisked across the Sahara to the capital city of Sàngótee, where she is shocked to discover that her kidnapper is none other than the vagrant who had visited her guild just days prior. But now that he is swathed in riches rather than rags, Òdòdó realizes he is not a vagrant at all; he is the warrior king, and he has chosen her to be his wife. In a sudden change of fortune, Òdòdó soars to the very heights of society. But after a lifetime of subjugation, the power that saturates this world of battle and political savvy becomes too enticing to resist. As tensions with rival states grow, revealing elaborate schemes and enemies hidden in plain sight, Òdòdó must defy the cruel king she has been forced to wed by re-forging the shaky loyalties of the court in her favor, or risk losing everything-including her life. Loosely based on the myth of Persephone, O.O. Sangoyomi's Masquerade takes you on a journey of epic power struggles and political intrigue which turn an entire region on its head"--

Subject

1. Mythology, West African -- Fiction
2. Kidnapping -- Fiction
3. Kings and rulers -- Fiction
4. Betrothal -- Fiction
5. Women, Black -- Fiction
6. Mythology, West African
7. Kidnapping
8. Kings and rulers
9. Betrothal
10. Women, Black
11. Africa, West -- Fiction
12. West Africa
13. Black author

Genre/Form

1. Fantasy fiction.
2. Historical fiction.
3. Novels.
4. Fiction.

Call number

1. Sc D 24-487

Language

1. English

Note

1. Maps on lining pages.

Local note

1. Schomburg copy with dust jacket.

Author

1. Sangoyomi, O. O., author.

Title

1. Masquerade / O.O. Sangoyomi.

Publisher

1. New York : Forge, Tor Publishing Group, 2024.

Copyright date

1. ©2024

Edition

1. First edition.

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Local subject

1. Black author.

LCCN

1. 2024010507

ISBN

1. 9781250904294 hardcover
2. 1250904293 hardcover
3. 9781250904300 electronic book

Research call number

1. Sc D 24-487