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Hello again,
I’m happy to share the two covers for my novella CABARET IN FLAMES, that will be published next year by Tordotcom and Titan Books, along with the synopsis:
Art by Zoë van Dijk (left) and Natasha MacKenzie (right).
Guls can be brutal. Few know this better than Ariadne, who lost half her body to their appetites, but their brutality is a predictable constant amid Brazil’s political chaos. Now, she treats them in the specialized clinic she inherited from Erik Yurkov—the mentor who rescued her as a child, trained her in medicine, built her prostheses, and disappeared without a trace.
Ariadne’s routine is disturbed when Quaint knocks on her door: a charming, tattooed gul claiming to be Erik’s oldest friend. Quaint suspects foul play in Erik’s disappearance, and they soon discover Erik sought asylum at Cabaré, an infamous club in Rio de Janeiro frequented by the gul elite.
Together, Ariadne and Quaint will unravel the conspiracy behind their friend’s disappearance, navigate the labyrinthine world of Ariadne’s memories, and discover what Erik means to them—and what they are starting to mean to each other.
If you enjoyed BUT NOT TOO BOLD, this is a very different—and considerably darker—story, but I hope you give it a chance when it comes out!
See you next month,
Hache 🕷️
Ghana Must Go 🇬🇧🇬🇭🇺🇸🇳🇬
(Taiye Selasi, 2013)
After abandoning his wife and four children, renowned surgeon Kweku Sai returns to Ghana and begins a new life, leaving an emotional wreckage behind. Years later, with the news of his sudden death, his scattered family must reunite and understand the reasons that kept them apart.
Beautifully written and thoroughly engaging, Ghana Must Go was one of my favorite reads from last year, the kind of book I finished and wished I could go back to the moment before I read it so I could experience it all over again for the first time.