The Gilded Ones

• Auteur : Namina Forna
• • Editeur : Londres : Usborne 2021
  • ISBN/ISSN : 978-1-4749-5957-5
  • Format : 411 p.
  • Langues : Anglais
• • Nature du document : fiction Genre : roman
  • Résumé :

    In this West African-inspired world, girls are outcasts by blood and warriors by choice, perfect for fans of Children of Blood and Bone and Black Panther.
    Sixteen-year-old Deka lives in Otera, a deeply patriarchal ancient kingdom, where a woman's worth is tied to her purity, and she must bleed to prove it. But when Deka bleeds gold - the colour of impurity, of a demon - she faces a consequence worse than death.
    She is saved by a mysterious woman who tells Deka of her true nature: she is an Alaki, a near-immortal with exceptional gifts. The stranger offers her a choice: fight for the Emperor, with others just like her, or be destroyed...