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By fate and fire, a being four millennia old is reborn in Mali in a short story of contemporary African life and ancient secrets by the Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author of the Binti trilogy.

Issaka has returned home to Timbouctou and a devastating al-Qaeda raid. His only hope for survival is Faro, a stunning, blue-beaded supernatural entity who rises free from the flames of her imprisoning book as it burns. Compelled to follow Faro, Issaka is opening his eyes to their shared history and the ancestral wisdom of his own past.

Nnedi Okorafor’s The Black Pages is part of Black Stars, a multi-dimensional collection of speculative fiction from Black authors. Each story is a world much like our own. Read or listen to them in a single sitting.

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August 31, 2021
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“Science fiction invites audiences to imagine new and different worlds…Soon readers (and listeners) will be able to add some new voices and stories to this mix, thanks to an upcoming collection of short stories from Amazon Original Stories.” —SYFY Wire

“Part of what makes Black Stars so special is the fact that it is showcasing speculative science fiction from Black authors from around the world.” —SYFY Wire

“With a host of amazing authors, Black Stars is perfect for lovers of Afrofuturism, Caribbean science fiction, and African jujuism. As you read the stories, you’ll start to understand why there are so many different genres in the collection…Black Stars introduces people to so many different frameworks, showing the diversity of stories created when Black authors across the diaspora infuse their unique cultural perspectives into these narratives, creating an abundance of originality that lets readers imagine wildly different worlds, realities, and futures.” —Shondaland

About the Author

Nnedi Okorafor is a writer of science fiction and fantasy for children and adults. She has won the Nebula Award, the World Fantasy Award, the Eisner Award, and multiple Hugo Awards, and her debut novel, Zahrah the Windseeker, won the prestigious Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B098T11H5Q
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Amazon Original Stories (August 31, 2021)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 31, 2021
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 4284 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 31 pages
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Nnedi Okorafor’s books include Lagoon (a British Science Fiction Association Award finalist for Best Novel), Who Fears Death (a World Fantasy Award winner for Best Novel), Kabu Kabu (a Publisher's Weekly Best Book for Fall 2013), Akata Witch (an Amazon.com Best Book of the Year), Zahrah the Windseeker (winner of the Wole Soyinka Prize for African Literature), and The Shadow Speaker (a CBS Parallax Award winner). Her adult novel The Book of Phoenix (prequel to Who Fears Death) was released in May 2015; the New York Times called it a "triumph". Her novella Binti will be released in late September 2015 and her young adult novel Akata Witch 2: Breaking Kola will be released in 2016.

Nnedi holds a PhD in literature/creative writing and is an associate professor at the University at Buffalo, New York (SUNY). She splits her time between Buffalo and Chicago with her daughter Anyaugo and family. Learn more about Nnedi at Nnedi.com.

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Issaka and Faro

Reviewed in the United States on September 9, 2021

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I liked this story. Don’t like the way it ended though. But it left just enough of a cliff hanger that if there was another I would come back and read it to get closure. I feel like you were given enough information to be led to certain conclusions.

I really liked Faro. Her strength was amazing at the right times. And to discover Issaka’s father was the keeper of the ancient books and his mother seemed to be like some sort of spirit women. A protector of the unseen in a sense. That was surprising but it would explain how Faro was put into the book by Issaka in another life.

It’s definitely a unique concept. And it feels similar to what is happening in Afghanistan now.

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Zero to sixty in three seconds!

Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2021

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I'm a rollercoaster lover. There are ones where you strap in and they blast off from the gate giving you no time to react. No screaming. No slow climb up the hill with time to regret your decision to ride this beast. Just...wham! Gone! And all you can do is hold on for dear life. Then, just as your brain callibrates, the ride comes to a slamming halt and it's over. This book is like THAT rollercoaster.

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Elisha

This is not an easy read but is amazing.

Reviewed in the United States on September 4, 2021

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This is Nnedi Okorafor so of course it is amazing. She became my favorite writer when I read "Who Fears Death." She has not let me down since and I've read virtually everything she has published--the fiction anyway. This story is not an easy read. I don't want to give it away but be prepared. I have purchased all six of the 'Black Stars' stories. This is the most difficult one I've read so far. By difficult I obviously don't mean bad. It deals with harsh realities in a magically realistic way. I will read it again when I finish the whole series.

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Andrea L. Stoeckel

thoughtful

Reviewed in the United States on September 25, 2021

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"By a random twist of fate, by fire, Faro had been set free"

Once I had read the Binti books it was clear that I would read everything I could of hers. However, this was a head scratcher. Did I like it? It expects the reader to be able to parse out the wisdom on many levels. It doesn't hand you thestory in one "fell swoop". Instead it expects you'll pull out the story and examine it. On that idea it is marvelous

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Kay

This was intense!

Reviewed in the United States on October 21, 2021

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I felt like I was right there. Experiencing everything with Issaka as he experienced it. Imagine living through an al-Qaeda raid and hearing the people around you (your loved ones) executed. It was terrifying. And the mysterious Faru there to lead him from that moment. I'd love to encounter Faru . . .

4.5 stars

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Good Read!

Reviewed in the United States on September 13, 2021

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What a great story! Though really its more like a beginning. Loved the different cultural perspective that still held basic commonalities that felt oh so familiar. Family, duty, tradition, humor, grief, courage, love. I need more of this lol

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Susanna

Amazing

Reviewed in the United States on October 6, 2021

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I wish it were longer! An amazing story. So intriguing. I really hope that the author expands on this story and makes a full novel of it.

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Kindle Customer

Very Interesting!!

Reviewed in the United States on October 25, 2021

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I will say I had no idea what was going on for a while. The story starts off at a break neck pace and doesn’t slow down till the end. I thought the genie aspect was well done. I think I need to reread this story to really understand it! 4.5 stars but rounded up to 5!

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