{"product_id":"like-thunder-9780756418793","title":"Like Thunder","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis brand-new sequel to Nnedi Okorafor’s \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eShadow Speaker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e contains the powerful prose and compelling stories that have made Nnedi Okorafor a star of the literary science fiction and fantasy space and put her at the forefront of Africanfuturist fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn epic collision of new tech and elemental magic—suspenseful, immersive, and chillingly relevant. Another stunning feat of imagination from Nnedi Okorafor. —Leigh Bardugo, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eNinth House\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNiger, West Africa, 2077\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWelcome back. This second volume is a breathtaking story that sweeps across the sands of the Sahara, flies up to the peaks of the Aïr Mountains, cartwheels into a wild megacity—you get the idea.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eI am the Desert Magician; I bring water where there is none.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThis book begins with Dikéogu Obidimkpa slowly losing his mind. Yes, that boy who can bring rain just by thin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eLike Thunder\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An epic collision of new tech and elemental magic—\u003cb\u003esuspensful, immersive, and chillingly relevant\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cb\u003eAnother stunning feat of imagination from Nnedi Okorafor\u003c\/b\u003e.\" —Leigh Bardugo, #1 New York Times bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eNinth House\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Okorafor pulls no punches...An emotional near-future novel that \u003cb\u003ewill keep readers turning pages even as their mountain of questions grows larger\u003c\/b\u003e.\" —\u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The \u003cb\u003eimpressive finale\u003c\/b\u003e to Nebula Award winner Okorafor’s Desert Magician’s Duology.... Dikéogu’s perspective lends greater depth to Okorafor’s apocalyptic Saharan world.\" —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eLike Thunder\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003cb\u003ean excellent demonstration of [Okorafor's] gifts as a novelist\u003c\/b\u003e: it is inventive, fast-paced, and deeply concerned with difficult journeys to self-discovery, as well as the transformative costs of such adventures.\" —\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cb\u003eCompelling and captivating from the first page\u003c\/b\u003e...a heartbreaking but ultimately hopeful message delivered.\" — Marlene Harris\u003ci\u003e, Reading Reality\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eShadow Speaker, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eBook 1 of the Desert Magician's Duology\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cb\u003eA mind-blowing expedition into a not too distant future world\u003c\/b\u003e.\"\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eShadow Speaker\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003cb\u003ewonderful, highly original stuff, episode after amazing episode, full of color, life and death\u003c\/b\u003e…. Nnedi also deals head-on with the fact that power and pain are closely linked, as are magic and blood. I think this book is \u003ci\u003emarvelous\u003c\/i\u003e.” —Diana Wynne Jones, author of \u003ci\u003eHowl’s Moving Castl\u003c\/i\u003ee and the Chronicles of Chrestomanci\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003cb\u003eThere’s more vivid imagination in a page of Nnedi Okorafor’s work than in whole volumes of ordinary fantasy epics\u003c\/b\u003e.” —Ursula K. Le Guin, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Left Hand of Darkness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eShadow Speaker\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003cb\u003eendlessly imaginative, full of mystery and delight on every page\u003c\/b\u003e. Nnedi Okorafor is a voice that will delight readers of all ages and backgrounds.” —Tananarive Due, American Book Award-winning author of Joplin’s Ghost","brand":"Astra Publishing House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49527027138903,"sku":"9780756418793","price":21.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780756418793.jpg?v=1731866280","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/like-thunder-9780756418793","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}