Allison is a nineteen year old student from Washington. He is handsome, kind, simple and very authentic, even if he grew up in a big city and, above all, in a family upscale. Bradley could not come from a different environment than Allison's. He is twenty-two years old, has always led a modest life - in an anonymous place in Virginia - and is deeply tied to the land of origin of his paternal grandparents: Iris Beach, a small town on the coast of the state. Yet, despite the differences, during a hot summer, their lives are inevitably inevitable, thanks to some war letters from a certain Susan Thompson, dating from 1944. Allison is the one who finds the envelopes in an old dresser in her parents' vacation home. And it will always be her to spend all summer looking for this mysterious woman. Until he meets Bradley, and their lives will take a completely unexpected turn

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“This is a prayer hymn, a battle cry, a love song, a legendary call and response bonfire talisman tale. This is medicine for a broken world." —Daniel José Older Named a Best of 2020 Pick for Kirkus Review's Best Books of 2020 Award-winning author Andrea Hairston weaves together African folktales and postcolonial literature into unforgettable fantasy in Master of Poisons The world is changing. Poison desert eats good farmland. Once-sweet water turns foul. The wind blows sand and sadness across the Empire. To get caught in a storm is death. To live and do nothing is death. There is magic in the world, but good conjure is hard to find. Djola, righthand man and spymaster of the lord of the Arkhysian Empire, is desperately trying to save his adopted homeland, even in exile. Awa, a young woman training to be a powerful griot, tests the limits of her knowledge and comes into her own in a world of sorcery, floating cities, kindly beasts, and uncertain men. Awash in the rhythms of folklore and storytelling and rich with Hairston's characteristic lush prose, Master of Poisons is epic fantasy that will bleed your mind with its turns of phrase and leave you aching for the world it burns into being. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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