Ring Shout
P. Djèlí Clark
(Author)
Description
Nebula, Locus, and Alex Award-winner P. Djèlí Clark returns with Ring Shout, a dark fantasy historical novella that gives a supernatural twist to the Ku Klux Klan's reign of terror
"A fantastical, brutal and thrilling triumph of the imagination...Clark's combination of historical and political reimagining is cathartic, exhilarating and fresh." --The New York TimesA 2021 Nebula Award Winner
A 2021 Locus Award Winner A New York Times Editor's Choice Pick!
A Booklist Editor's Choice Pick! A 2021 Hugo Award Finalist
A 2021 World Fantasy Award Finalist
A 2021 Ignyte Award Finalist
A 2021 Shirley Jackson Award Finalist
A 2021 AAMBC Literary Award Finalist
A 2021 British Fantasy Award Finalist
A 2021 Hurston/Wright Foundation Legacy Award Nominee
A 2020 SIBA Award Finalist
A Goodreads Choice Award Finalist
Named a Best of 2020 Pick for NPR Library Journal Book Riot LitReactor Bustle Polygon Washington Post IN AMERICA, DEMONS WEAR WHITE HOODS. In 1915, The Birth of a Nation cast a spell across America, swelling the Klan's ranks and drinking deep from the darkest thoughts of white folk. All across the nation they ride, spreading fear and violence among the vulnerable. They plan to bring Hell to Earth. But even Ku Kluxes can die. Standing in their way is Maryse Boudreaux and her fellow resistance fighters, a foul-mouthed sharpshooter and a Harlem Hellfighter. Armed with blade, bullet, and bomb, they hunt their hunters and send the Klan's demons straight to Hell. But something awful's brewing in Macon, and the war on Hell is about to heat up. Can Maryse stop the Klan before it ends the world?
Product Details
Price
$19.99
$18.59
Publisher
Tordotcom
Publish Date
October 13, 2020
Pages
192
Dimensions
5.3 X 8.1 X 0.9 inches | 0.55 pounds
Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9781250767028
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About the Author
Born in New York and raised mostly in Houston, P. DJÈLÍ CLARK spent the formative years of his life in the homeland of his parents, Trinidad and Tobago. He is the Hugo and Sturgeon nominated author of the novellas The Black God's Drums and The Haunting of Tram Car 015. His short story "The Secret Lives of the Nine Negro Teeth of George Washington" (Fireside Fiction) has earned him both a Nebula and Locus award. Clark lives in Connecticut.
Reviews
"P. Djèlí Clark couldn't write a bad book if he tried. Ring Shout is fantastically fun even as its core is as serious as can be." --Victor LaValle
"Ring Shout is a wild ride into America's nightmarish history, a fantastical cross between Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man and Buffy the Vampire Slayer." --Annalee Newitz "Slyly told and laced with dark humor, this haunting tale pulled me into a richly realized world I didn't want to leave." --Rivers Solomon "Ring Shout is a fearless punch to the heart and head!" --Jonathan Maberry "A sublime work of revolutionary body horror." --Sarah Gailey "Brutal and hopeful, farcical and factual, Ring Shout is a book that speaks to the ridiculous and beastly nature of racism in a story that is difficult to put down." --Justina Ireland "From the start, Ring Shout explodes into vivid color with a voice that's at once joyous and harrowing." --Bethany C. Morrow "A thrilling and provocative inferno of a story. One of the most powerful and propulsive pieces of speculative fiction I've read in years." --Tochi Onyebuchi "Feverishly inventive period adventure.... At once rousing, boisterous, and clever." --Kirkus Reviews, starred review "Readers will be both captivated and entertained by this fast-paced alternate history, which doubles as a meditation on the all-consuming power of hate and violence." --Publishers Weekly, starred review "This is a story of Black female power, drawn from both the old and new worlds, a tale that honors the Black American experience in all its complexity, and yet also delivers in its Lovecraftian delight." --Library Journal, starred review "Clark's latest is set in a visceral world, steeped in historical detail and full of engaging characters, that asks the question, 'Who is to blame for the hate that hate made?'." --Booklist, starred review
