Winner of the British Fantasy, Locus and Nebula Award’s in 2021, this fast-paced, 180 page novella is an action-packed historical fantasy. It is set in the American deep South after the civil war, where a hardened bunch of sassy, gun-toting vigilantes, hunt demonic beings known as Ku Kluxes.
The author is a New Yorker with familial ties to Trinidad and Tobago, who studied in Texas, and is currently Assistant Professor in the Department of History at the University of Connecticut. He has only been publishing since 2018, but has been nominated for pretty much every literary recognition going. If you haven’t already, you should definitely check him out.
The story is as much fun as it sounds. The characters are wonderful, the world-building immersive, and the fight scenes befitting of top-grade action movie. But of course, it is not all fun and games. The story is a poignant musing on our collective darkness and its role in the perpetration of human misery throughout the course of history. It asks questions about the nature of hate, and while it never resorts to simplistic moralising, it does not pull any punches either.
If you’re down for thoughtful fantasy with plenty of action and you’re ready to have your heartstrings pulled, I recommend reading this one.
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