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Recent Books

Wole Talabi: Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon (2023, DAW) 4 stars

Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon

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Shigidi is a disgruntled and demotivated nightmare god in the Orisha spirit company, reluctantly answering prayers of his few remaining believers to maintain his existence long enough to find his next drink. When he meets Nneoma, a sort-of succubus with a long and secretive past, everything changes for him.

Together, …

Yume Kitasei: The Stardust Grail (2024, Flatiron Books) 4 stars

The Stardust Grail

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Save one world. Doom her own.

From the acclaimed author of The Deep Sky comes a thrilling anti-colonial space heist to save an alien civilization.

Maya Hoshimoto was once the best art thief in the galaxy. For ten years, she returned stolen artifacts to alien civilizations—until a disastrous job forced …