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One of Wired's Twenty-Five All-Time Favorite Books
Critically acclaimed author Kai Ashante Wilson makes his commercial debut with this striking, wondrous tale of gods and mortals, magic and steel, and life and death that will reshape how you look at sword and sorcery.
Since leaving his homeland, the earthbound demigod…
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The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps, Wilson’s debut work, is another wonder among wonders.
It feels like an epic fantasy, but instead of following more Viking-blonde heroes with their magical swords, we’re following hired mercenaries to escort a caravan through dangerous lands.
And instead of the usual fantasy worlds descended from the Western European Middle Ages, we’re in one influenced by re-colonial Africa.
There are magical jungles and magical tigers, and violence and death, and an LGBT love story between smart, dedicated men.
It’s a character study worthy of a literary novel, but the love of words, and the masterful…
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