African Fantasy

Semma- learns that there is more to Franklin and his plans than even she knew. When an important piece of information comes forward that threatens what she sees as the reign of she and Franklin, she enacts a plan to be sure that she can keep her crown and place as the Fox queen. Will her plan work, or will she lose her place by his side? Jeter- Has trained at Klare's hand for years. Now, as the head priest witch of the Fox faction, he is drawn into plots by his new queen, Semma. Honored to have been noticed for his talents and connection to magic, he plays along at the side of the new Fox ...

This remarkable novel begins in 1850s Louisiana, where Gilda escapes slavery and learns about freedom while working in a brothel. After being initiated into eternal life as one who "shares the blood" by two women there, Gilda spends the next 200 years searching for a place to call home. An instant lesbian classic when it was first published in 1991, The Gilda Stories has endured as an auspiciously prescient book in its explorations of blackness, radical ecology, re-definitions of family, and yes, the erotic potential of the vampire story.

Welcome to the Northwestern Hemisphere, 2529. An equally exciting and terrifying world born from the ashes of our own, where almost half of people are born invisible, and thus relegated to second-class citizenship. Sweetmint, a young invisible woman, has done everything right her entire life, from excelling in school to landing a highly sought-after apprenticeship with a mysterious, powerful inventor.

Jack and Annie are on the playground at recess when they feel the magic tree house calling them. They sneak away and are whisked off on an adventure in South Africa, where a majestic rhino needs saving! There are a swooping helicopter, strict park rangers, and—most terrifying of all—poachers. How do you hide one of the largest land mammals in the flat terrain of the African savanna? Jack and Annie are going to need a little bit of magic for this mission!

In the beginning, there were three individuals that were at a pivotal point in their lives – Ashley, Gethambe, and Lana. As their lives became intertwined, it was impossible for all three of them to get their happy ending. ​ In the sequel, we found out that Lana felt like Ashley threatened her crown. She believed that all her problems stemmed from Gethambe’s love for Ashley – a human. She tried desperately to savor her position as the true Queen of Achaemenid, but she committed the ultimate sin by placing a hit on Ashley, Gethambe’s lover, and Serenity, her own daughter. ​ After...

N. K. Jemisin is one of the most powerful and acclaimed speculative fiction authors of our time. In the first collection of her evocative short fiction, Jemisin equally challenges and delights listeners with thought-provoking narratives of destruction, rebirth, and redemption.

From creation myths and foundation legends to fascinating stories of human relationships and animal tales, these stories provide a diverse look at the countries and cultures across the African continent. Noted folklorist Helen Nde provides context for history and colonial influences for the stories.

Rose, a successful Chicago publicist, reunites with her best friend from High School, now a famous Hollywood actor, after a 10+ years break in their friendship. Old flames rekindle and through their love affair, and help of their outrageously quirky and laughable friends, Queen, an unabashedly flaming gay man and Whoopi, a sports columnist, they bloom and learn love like people is multi-hued and the key to happiness and love is accepting love and ourselves for what they are.

On a rainy day in May 1964, history professor Cecily Bridge-Davis begins to search for the sixty-five acres of land she inherited from her father’s family. The quest leads her to uncover a dark secret: In every generation, one offspring from each Bridge family unit vanishes—and is mysteriously whisked back in time. With only a family Bible and a map marked with the locations of mysterious containers to aid her, Cecily heads to the library, hoping to discover the truth of how this curse began, and how it might be ended.

In this gripping historical fiction dating back to the first millennium, follow the journey of the Amalekites, a persecuted people forced to flee their homeland in the face of brutal oppression from the Saracens. Led by the charismatic Prince Oduduwa, who rises to become their spiritual leader after the brutalisation of his wife and slaughter of his family, the Amalekites embark on a perilous journey across the unforgiving Sahara Desert in search of a promised land where they can freely practice their Orisha faith. Guided by his mentor, Priest Asara, and aided by the enigmatic Priestess ...

On the day of the Harvest Festival, the old woman who lives in the forest appears in Abeni's village with a terrible message: You ignored my warnings. It’s too late to run. They are coming. Warriors with burning blades storm the village. A man with a cursed flute plays an impossibly alluring song. And everyone Abeni has ever known and loved is captured and marched toward far-off ghost ships set for even more distant lands. But not Abeni. Abeni is magically whisked away by the old woman.

Three years ago, on Halloween, Kindle lost her fiancé, LP (and her brother Kelvin), in a fatal car accident. Left behind to do life alone, Kindle lives every waking moment, thinking of her one true love while raising their child. Dreading the fun and spooky holiday of ghosts, jack-o'-lanterns, & trick or treat, Kindle strives to stay lifted for the sake of her daughter who enjoys everything about the particular time of the fall season. The love Kindle has for LP never died. When asked what she would do if had the chance to see him again, Kindle claims she would do anything. The only thing ...

BOOK 1 SPIN-OFF OF THE BEST-SELLING SERIES "THE BITE THAT BINDS" SAWYER-KING AND OVERLORD OF ALL OF THE VAMPIRES COVEN'S IS ASLEEP. THIS IS HIS TIME TO SLUMBER AND REPLENISH HIS STRENGTH SO THAT HE MAY WAKE AND RULE AGAIN. EXCEPT, WHEN DO WE EVER GET THE REST WE NEED? HE HAS LEFT HIS KINGDOM IN THE HANDS OF HALE AND HIS DAUGHTER, KIME, WHEN SHE AWAKES. THE PROBLEM IS THAT HALE HAS ALL BUT RUINED THE KINGDOM AND BROKEN OATHS THAT HE MADE TO SAWYER AND HIS DAUGHTER. EVERYTHING IS IN SHAMBLES AND HE CAN REST NO MORE. IT IS TIME FOR SAWYER TO WAKE AND SET THINGS RIGHT, BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY. ...

Earth is a distant memory. Habitable extrasolar planets are still out of reach. For generations, humanity has been clinging to survival by establishing colonies within enormous vacuum-breathing space beasts and mining their resources to the point of depletion. Rash, dreamy, and unconventional, Seske Kaleigh should be preparing for her future role as clan leader, but her people have just culled their latest beast, and she’s eager to find the cause of the violent tremors plaguing their new home.

Wayétu Moore’s powerful debut novel, She Would Be King, reimagines the dramatic story of Liberia’s early years through three unforgettable characters who share an uncommon bond. Gbessa, exiled from the West African village of Lai, is starved, bitten by a viper, and left for dead, but still she survives. June Dey, raised on a plantation in Virginia, hides his unusual strength until a confrontation with the overseer forces him to flee. Norman Aragon, the child of a white British colonizer and a Maroon slave from Jamaica, can fade from sight when the earth calls him.

Everyone’s favorite fifteen-year-old ghostalker, Ropa, arrives at the worldwide Society of Skeptical Enquirers’ biennial conference just in time to be tied into a mystery—a locked room mystery, if an entire creepy haunted castle on lockdown counts. One of the magical attendees has stolen a valuable magical scroll. Caught between Qozmos, the high wizard of Ethiopian magic; the larger-than-life Lord Sashvindu Samarasinghe; England’s Sorcerer Royal; and Scotland’s own Edmund MacLeod, it’s up to Ropa to sort through the dangerous secret politics and alliances to figure out what really happened.

I can heal anyone… But not if they’re already dead. I’ve been a magical healer of Heiligslicht, the top healing guild in Hope City, ever since they saved me from the streets of this darkness infested hellscape. That was eleven years ago. In all that time, you’d think I would have gotten used to losing a few patients. But I never did. Now, after losing the most important man in the world to me, I’ve had enough. It’s time to take the fight to the demon who took him from me. But demon hunting isn’t easy. I’m going to need a mentor. And a team. And who better than a hotter than ...

America today is teetering on the edge of the alarming vision presented in LeVar Burton’s debut novel, written more than two decades ago. In 2012, the first African American president is assassinated by a White extremist - just four days after he is elected. The horrific tragedy leads to riots, financial collapse, and ultimately, a full-on civil war. In its aftermath, millions are left homeless as famine and disease spread throughout the country. But from Chicago, a mysterious voice cries out.

Hale- Reaping what he has sown, Hale has been stripped of over half of his army and with no strong witch by his side, Hale must still face the war that he started with the other factions. Now he must reach out to an ally who he has failed for help as he worries for Klare and her new state. Will he be able to come out of this war alive with so many enemies? Or has his time on the Vampire throne come to an end of his own making? Klare- has now been effectively stripped of her humanity. She struggles to adjust to the what immortality brings and is not sure that she even wants to. Worrying for ...

Best-selling author Rick Riordan presents Kwame Mbalia's epic fantasy, a middle grade American Gods set in a richly-imagined world populated with African American folk heroes and West African gods. Tristan is dreading the month he's going to spend on his grandparents' farm in Alabama, where he's being sent to heal from a tragedy. But on his first night there, he accidentally ripps open a chasm into the MidPass, a volatile place with a burning sea, haunted bone ships, and iron monsters that are hunting the inhabitants of this world.