Masquerade

ISBN: 1250904293

Author: Sangoyomi, O.O.

Condition: New

Set in a wonderfully reimagined 15th century West Africa, Masquerade is a dazzling, lyrical tale exploring the true cost of one womans fight for freedom and self-discovery, and the lengths shell go to secure her future.Sangoyomi delivers an incisive examination of gender, temptation, and the lengths people will go to hold power-a magnificent debut! -Vaishnavi Patel, New York Times bestselling author of Kaikeyiddós hometown of Timbuktu has been conquered by the warrior king of Yorbáland. Already shunned as social pariahs, living conditions for ddó and the other women in her blacksmith guild grow even worse under Yorbá rule.Then ddó is abducted. She is whisked across the Sahara to the capital city of ?ngót?`, where she is shocked to discover that her kidnapper is none other than the vagrant who had visited her guild just days prior. But now that he is swathed in riches rather than rags, ddó realizes he is not a vagrant at all; he is the warrior king, and he has chosen her to be his wife.In a sudden change of fortune, ddó soars to the very heights of society. But after a lifetime of subjugation, the power that saturates this world of battle and political savvy becomes too enticing to resist. As tensions with rival states grow, revealing elaborate schemes and enemies hidden in plain sight, ddó must defy the cruel king she has been forced to wed by re-forging the shaky loyalties of the court in her favor, or risk losing everything-including her life.Loosely based on the myth of Persephone, O.O. Sangoyomis Masquerade takes you on a journey of epic power struggles and political intrigue that turn an entire region on its head.