In this “impressive debut” from award-winning speculative fiction author Nalo Hopkinson, a young woman must solve the tragic mystery surrounding her family and bargain with the gods to save her city and herself. (The Washington Post)

The rich and privileged have fled the city, barricaded it behind roadblocks, and left it to crumble. The inner city has had to rediscover old ways — farming, barter, herb lore. But now the monied need a harvest of bodies, and so they prey upon the helpless of the streets. With nowhere to turn, a young woman must open herself to ancient truths, eternal powers, and the tragic mystery surrounding her mother and grandmother. She must bargain with gods, and give birth to new legends.

Nalo Hopkinsonwas born in Jamaica and has lived in Guyana, Trinidad, and Canada. The daughter of a poet/playwright and a library technician, she has won numerous awards including the John W. Campbell Award, the World Fantasy Award, and Canada’s Sunburst Award for literature of the fantastic. Her award-winning short fiction collectionSkin Folkwas selected for the 2002New York TimesSummer Reading List and was one of theNew York TimesBest Books of the Year.
Hopkinson is also the author ofThe New Moon’s Arms,The Salt Roads,Midnight Robber, andBrown Girl in the Ring. She is a professor of creative writing at the University of California, Riverside, and splits her time between California, USA, and Toronto, Canada.

• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
• Publish Date: July 01, 1998
• Pages: 256
• Language: English
• Type: Paperback
• EAN/UPC: 9780446674331
• Dimensions: 8.0 X 5.2 X 0.8 inches | 0.6 pounds
• BISAC Categories: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Popular Fiction