InBlack Leopard, Red Wolf, Sogolon the Moon Witch proved a worthy adversary to Tracker as they clashed across a mythical African landscape in search of a mysterious boy who disappeared. InMoon Witch, Spider King, Sogolon takes center stage and gives her own account of what happened to the boy, and how she plotted and fought, triumphed and failed as she looked for him. Its also the story of a century-long feudseen through the eyes of a 177-year-old witchthat Sogolon had with the Aesi, chancellor to the king. It is said that Aesi works so closely with the king that together they are like the eight limbs of one spider. Aesis power is considerableand deadly. It takes brains and courage to challenge him, which Sogolon does for reasons of her own.

Both a brilliant narrative deviceseeing the story told inBlack Leopard, Red Wolffrom the perspective of an adversary and a womanas well as a fascinating battle between different versions of empire,Moon Witch Spider Kingdelves into Sogolons world as she fights to tell her own story. Part adventure tale, part chronicle of an indomitable woman who bows to no man, it is a fascinating novel that explores power, personality, and the places where they overlap.

Marlon James is the author of theNew York TimesbestsellersBlack Leopard, Red Wolf, which was a finalist for the National Book Award, andA Brief History of Seven Killings, which won the 2015 Man Booker Prize, as well as the novelsThe Book of Night WomenandJohn Crow’s Devil. A professor at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota, he lives in New York City.

• Publisher: Riverhead Books (February 15, 2022)
• Language: English
• Hardcover: 656 pages
• ISBN-10:0735220204
• ISBN-13: 9780735220201
• Item Weight: 1.25 pounds
• Dimensions: 6.13 x 1.03 x 9.25 inches