A young adult novel that begins with a simple eutopia followed by an authoritarian dystopia before becoming a fantasy adventure based on African myth. Loose connection to 2005 Okorafor-Mbachu. With the publication of new edition the book became the first volume of The Desert Magician\’s Duology followed by Like Thunder. The Desert Magician\’s Duology: Book 2. New York: DAW Books/Astra Publishing House, 2023, which is mostly fantasy based on African myth.
}, year = {2007}, month = {01/2007}, publisher = {Jump at the Sun/Hyperion}, address = {New York}, note = {A revised and updated edition with a new introduction by the author was published New York: DAW Books/Astra Publishing House, 2023.
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