The much-anticipated novel by Christopher Mlalazi is now here, published by Jacana Media (South Africa).
“‘There is something I’ve never told you about our king,’ Father was saying as we walked around the palisade. We were three abreast, and I was in the middle. He looked at me. ‘Even Guduza doesn’t know about this too, Owethu, but I think this is the right time for both of you to know about it, as there is now something else happening in the kingdom which I can’t right now give you the full details of, and please don’t ask me what it is.’”
Owethu, a young man from a family of respected ironworkers, and his father are attacked one morning by supernatural creatures, the Mihlolo. With the body of a human and the face of a hyena, they are an expert.
In this mythical past, a missing queen and a brutal king form the stunning backstory of this first tale from the Blademakers of the Langabi series.
ISBN 978-1-7764135-1-5
GENRE Fantasy / Young Adult
FORMAT Paperback SIZE 196x130mm EXTENT 428pp PRICE R240.00 RELEASE July 2023
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Christopher Mlalazi has produced an African epic fantasy. Fast-paced and vivid, the richly detailed people of Langabi, in love and in battle, must endure a punishing fight to survive and secure their freedom and their land. This quest is a searing tale of manipulation and monsters, which will leave you hungry for more.
UNIQUE SELLING POINT
• It is the first book in a trilogy, making it an exciting starting point for readers.
• With immense marketing support behind the title.
• An epic African fantasy in the style of Wakanda, only more so!
• First title in the new Fantasy/Sci Fi/Horror imprint, Mother.
• A crossover between YA and adult.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Christopher Mlalazi is the author of the three novels, Running With Mother, which has been translated into German, Italian and Spanish, They are Coming, The Border Jumper, and the short story collection Dancing with Life: Tales from the Township. He is the co-winner of the 2008 Oxfam/Novib PEN Freedom of Expression Award for the play The Crocodile of Zambezi, and is an alumni of the Caine Prize Workshop, Iowa Writers Program (IWP), Feuchtwanger Fellow (USA), Nordic- Africa Institute (Sweden), Hannah-Ardent Scholarship (Germany), and Casa Refugio (Mexico City). Langabi: Season of Beasts is the first of a trilogy.
