"An epic collision of new tech and elemental magic--suspenseful, immersive, and chillingly relevant. Another stunning feat of imagination from Nnedi Okorafor." --Leigh Bardugo, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Ninth House

"Okorafor pulls no punches...An emotional near-future novel that will keep readers turning pages even as their mountain of questions grows larger." --Kirkus

"The impressive finale to Nebula Award winner Okorafor's Desert Magician's Duology.... Dikéogu's perspective lends greater depth to Okorafor's apocalyptic Saharan world." --Publishers Weekly

"Like Thunder is an excellent demonstration of [Okorafor's] gifts as a novelist it is inventive, fast-paced, and deeply concerned with difficult journeys to self-discovery, as well as the transformative costs of such adventures." --Los Angeles Review of Books

"Compelling and captivating from the first page...a heartbreaking but ultimately hopeful message delivered." -- Marlene Harris, Reading Reality

Praise for Shadow Speaker, Book 1 of the Desert Magician's Duology

"A mind-blowing expedition into a not too distant future world." --Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"Shadow Speaker is wonderful, highly original stuff, episode after amazing episode, full of color, life and death.... Nnedi also deals head-on with the fact that power and pain are closely linked, as are magic and blood. I think this book is marvelous." --Diana Wynne Jones, author of Howl's Moving Castle and the Chronicles of Chrestomanci

"There's more vivid imagination in a page of Nnedi Okorafor's work than in whole volumes of ordinary fantasy epics." --Ursula K. Le Guin, author of The Left Hand of Darkness

"Shadow Speaker is endlessly imaginative, full of mystery and delight on every page. Nnedi Okorafor is a voice that will delight readers of all ages and backgrounds." --Tananarive Due, American Book Award-winning author of Joplin's Ghost