Master of Poisons -- Andrea Hairston

<p><b>"This is a prayer hymn, a battle cry, a love song, a legendary call and response bonfire talisman tale. This is medicine for a broken world. --Daniel José Older <p/>Award-winning author Andrea Hairston weaves together African folktales and postcolonial literature into unforgettable fantasy in <i>Master of Poisons</i></b> <p/><b>NEW MATERIAL FOR A NEW EDITION!<br></b><i>This trade paperback includes an extensive, conversational interview between the author and Daniel José Older!<br></i><br>The world is changing. Poison desert eats good farmland. Once-sweet water turns foul. The wind blows sand and sadness across the Empire. To get caught in a storm is death. To live and do nothing is death. There is magic in the world, but good conjure is hard to find. <p/>Djola, righthand man and spymaster of the lord of the Arkhysian Empire, is desperately trying to save his adopted homeland, even in exile. <p/>Awa, a young woman training to be a powerful griot, tests the limits of her knowledge and comes into her own in a world of sorcery, floating cities, kindly beasts, and uncertain men. <p/>Awash in the rhythms of folklore and storytelling and rich with Hairston's characteristic lush prose, <i>Master of Poisons </i>is epic fantasy that will bleed your mind with its turns of phrase and leave you aching for the world it burns into being.</p><br><br><b>Author:</b> Andrea Hairston<br><b>Publisher:</b> Tordotcom<br><b>Published:</b> 08/31/2021<br><b>Pages:</b> 544<br><b>Binding Type:</