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Nebula, Locus, and Alex Award-winner P. Djèlí Clark returns with Ring Shout, a dark fantasy historical novella that gives a supernatural twist to the Ku Klux Klan’s reign of terror In America, demons wear white hoods. In 1915, The Birth of a Nation cast a spell across America, swelling the Klan’s ranks and drinking deep from the darkest thoughts of white folk. All across the nation they ride, spreading fear and violence among the vulnerable. They plan to bring Hell to Earth. But even Ku Kluxes can die. Standing in their way is Maryse Boudreaux and her fellow resistance fighters, a foul-mouthed sharpshooter and a Harlem Hellfighter. Armed with blade, bullet, and bomb, they hunt their hunters and send the Klan’s demons straight to Hell. But something awful is brewing in Macon, and the war on Hell is about to heat up. Can Maryse stop the Klan before it ends the world?
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Summary
Summary
Finalist for the 2020 SIBA Award
A Washington Post Best Book of 2020
An Amazon Editor’s Top Pick of the Year
NPR Best Book of the Year
A BookRiot Pick of the Year's Best Books
A Library Journal Best Book of 2020
New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice of the Week
A Booklist Editors' Choice
An October 2020 LibraryReads Pick
Nebula, Locus, and Alex Award-winner P. Djèlí Clark returns with Ring Shout, a dark fantasy historical novella that gives a supernatural twist to the Ku Klux Klan’s reign of terror
In America, demons wear white hoods.
In 1915, The Birth of a Nation cast a spell across America, swelling the Klan’s ranks and drinking deep from the darkest thoughts of white folk. All across the nation they ride, spreading fear and violence among the vulnerable. They plan to bring Hell to Earth. But even Ku Kluxes can die.
Standing in their way is Maryse Boudreaux and her fellow resistance fighters, a foul-mouthed sharpshooter and a Harlem Hellfighter. Armed with blade, bullet, and bomb, they hunt their hunters and send the Klan’s demons straight to Hell. But something awful is brewing in Macon, and the war on Hell is about to heat up.
Can Maryse stop the Klan before it ends the world?
Editorial Reviews
Editorial Reviews
Author
Author Bio: P. Djèli Clark
P. Djeli Clark is the author of the novellas The Black God’s Drums, winner of a 2019 Alex Award from the American Library Association; The Haunting of Tram Car 015; and A Dead Djinn in Cairo, among other works. His short story “The Secret Lives of the Nine Negro Teeth of George Washington” earned him both a Nebula and Locus Award. He is loosely associated with the quarterly Fiyah: A Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction and an infrequent reviewer at Strange Horizons. Born in New York and raised mostly in Houston, he spent the formative years of his life in the homeland of his parents, Trinidad and Tobago. He resides in New England and ruminates on issues of diversity in speculative fiction.
Details
Details
| Available Formats : | Digital Download |
| Category: | Fiction/Fantasy |
| Runtime: | 5.61 |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
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