"Epic" is an overused term to describe how magnificent someone or something is. "Onyebuchi's debut novel explores class, politics, religion, and so much more, all in a world that is masterfully built, sweeping, and imaginative." -Bustle “This compelling Nigerian-influenced fantasy has a wonderfully unique premise and lush, brilliant worldbuilding that will consume you until the last page.” -BuzzFeed Onyebuchi has created a world that will no doubt inspire many in turn."- NPR.org "The beginning of a great saga.Fantastic worldbuilding sets the stage in this debut novel, as Tochi Onyebuchi conjures up a busy market city inspired by his Nigerian heritage and populates it with a group of outcast kids who shoulder the sins of the rich and powerful.This is not the first fantasy book to take more interest in the world than the story – it certainly worked for Tolkien, and Beasts Made of Night could do much worse than to follow in those footsteps. Io9’s All the Science Fiction and Fantasy Books to Keep On Your Radar This FallīuzzFeed’s 22 YA Novels You’ll Want To Read From Cover To Cover This Fall IBooks Most Anticipated YA Books of the Fall Now Taj must fight to save the princess that he loves-and his own life.ĭebut author Tochi Onyebuchi delivers an unforgettable series opener that powerfully explores the true meaning of justice and guilt. Packed with dark magic and thrilling action, Beasts Made of Night is a gritty Nigerian-influenced fantasy perfect for fans of Paolo Bacigalupi and Nnedi Okorafor. When Taj is called to eat a sin of a member of the royal family, he’s suddenly thrust into the center of a dark conspiracy to destroy Kos. Most aki are driven mad by the process, but Taj is cocky and desperate to provide for his family. When he kills a sin-beast, a tattoo of the beast appears on his skin while the guilt of committing the sin appears on his mind. But Taj’s livelihood comes at a terrible cost. In the walled city of Kos, corrupt mages can magically call forth sin from a sinner in the form of sin-beasts-lethal creatures spawned from feelings of guilt. Taj is the most talented of the aki, young sin-eaters indentured by the mages to slay the sin-beasts. ".A paean to an emerging black legend."- Kirkus Reviews, Starred Reviewīlack Panther meets Nnedi Okorafor's Akata Witch in Beasts Made of Night, the first book in an epic fantasy duology. ".Unforgettable in its darkness, inequality, and magic." - VOYA, Starred Review "This compelling Nigerian-influenced fantasy has a wonderfully unique premise and lush, brilliant worldbuilding that will consume you until the last page."- Buzzfeed (Oct.".The beginning of a great saga." -NPR.org A coming revolution will have readers looking forward to the next book. Onyebuchi’s worldbuilding is vivid and beguiling, and Taj’s outward cockiness hides a core of vulnerability. Immediately threatened with arrest, Taj flees but is captured and forced into the king’s service. Now he can walk around pure and noble and free while I carry the evidence of his crimes.” When Taj and fellow aki Bo are summoned to eat the sin of King Kolade himself, the dragon that manifests from his sin nearly kills Taj, resulting in a tattoo unlike any other. The tattoos of the sins Taj has eaten cover his body, marking him as other: “The lion etched into my skin will be with me forever now, a marker of Prince Haris’s sin. Taj is an aki, a sin eater important yet reviled, aki battle and consume the sins of others, which take on the physical form of beasts. Themes of belonging, self-discovery, and inequity round out the richly imagined world of Onyebuchi’s debut, where war and dark magic are around every corner.
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