Black Shield Maiden
Willow Smith
(Author)
Jess Hendel
(Author)
21,000+ Reviews
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Description
From Willow Smith and Jess Hendel comes a powerful and groundbreaking historical saga about an African warrior in the world of the Vikings. "Intimate, tender, and fiercely epic."--Tomi Adeyemi, author of Children of Blood and Bone Lore, legend, and history tell us of the Vikings: warrior kings on epic journeys of conquest and plunder. But the stories we know are not the only stories to tell. There is another story, one that has been lost to the mists of time: the saga of the dark queen. This saga begins with Yafeu, a defiant yet fiercely compassionate young warrior who is stolen from her home in the flourishing Ghānaian empire and taken to a distant kingdom in the North. There she is thrust into a strange, cold world of savage shield maidens, tyrannical rulers, and mysterious gods. And there she also finds something unexpected: a kindred spirit. She comes to serve Freydis, a shy princess who couldn't be more different from the confident and self-possessed Yafeu. But they both want the same thing: to forge their own fate. Yafeu inspires Freydis to dream of a future greater than the one that the king and queen have forced upon her. And with the princess at her side, Yafeu learns to navigate this new world and grows increasingly determined to become one of the legendary shield maidens--to fight not only for her freedom but for the freedom of others. Yafeu may have lost her home, but she still knows who she is, and she's not afraid to be the flame that burns a city to the ground so a new world can rise from the ashes. She will alter the course of history--and become the revolutionary heroine of her own myth.
Product Details
Price
$30.00
$27.90
Publisher
Del Rey Books
Publish Date
May 07, 2024
Pages
480
Dimensions
6.3 X 9.52 X 1.53 inches | 1.51 pounds
Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9780593356739
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Willow Smith is a singer, songwriter, and activist. Jess Hendel is a writer based in Los Angeles. She received her MFA in writing for screen and television from the University of Southern California and her BA in sociology from Amherst College.
Reviews
"Intimate, tender, and fiercely epic . . . With Black Shield Maiden, Willow Smith and Jess Hendel pull the reader into a rich adventure filled with detailed prose and poignant symbolism. You quickly become endeared with the character of Yafeu and her plight as a young woman in a vicious world. With her first foray into literature, Smith proves there is no limit to her boundless imagination and explosive creativity."--Tomi Adeyemi, author of Children of Blood and Bone