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02916aam a2200421 i 4500 001 40668798383D11EFA74ADF9234ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240702013519 008 240311s2024 nyub e 000 1 eng 010 $a 2024010507 020 $a 1250904293 020 $a 9781250904294 035 $a (OCoLC)1393206327 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d MWD $d OCLCO $d RNL $d IOU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a fw----- 082 00 $a 813/.6 $2 23/eng/20240311 100 1 $a Sangoyomi, O. O., $e author. $9 242927 245 10 $a Masquerade / $c O.O. Sangoyomi. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Forge, Tor Publishing Group, $c 2024. 300 $a 340 pages ; $c 22 cm. 500 $a Maps on lining pages. 520 $a "Set in a wonderfully reimagined 15th century West Africa, Masquerade is a dazzling, lyrical tale exploring the true cost of one woman's fight for freedom and self-discovery, and the lengths she'll go to secure her future. OÌdoÌdoÌ's hometown of Timbuktu has been conquered by the warrior king of YoruÌbaÌland. Already shunned as social pariahs, living conditions for OÌdoÌdoÌ and the other women in her blacksmith guild grow even worse under YoruÌbaÌ rule. Then OÌdoÌdoÌ is abducted. She is whisked across the Sahara to the capital city of SaÌngoÌtee, 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, OÌdoÌdoÌ 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, OÌdoÌdoÌ 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, OÌdoÌdoÌ 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. Sangoyomi's Masquerade takes you on a journey of epic power struggles and political intrigue which turn an entire region on its head"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Alternative histories (Fiction) 650 0 $a Mythology, West African $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Kidnapping $v Fiction. $9 84608 650 0 $a Kings and rulers $v Fiction. $9 90179 650 0 $a Betrothal $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Women, Black $v Fiction. $9 91215 651 0 $a Africa, West $v Fiction. $9 90140 655 7 $a Fantasy fiction. $2 lcgft $9 176119 655 7 $a Historical fiction. $2 lcgft $9 83459 655 7 $a Novels. $2 lcgft $9 200624 941 $a 1 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20240702014358.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=40668798383D11EFA74ADF9234ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search