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Violence
A lot
Significant
Language
Some
Moderate
Sexual Content
A lot
Significant
Substance Use
None
None
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Intense
What this book is about
A mercenary tracker called Tracker is hired to find a missing boy — and the hunt takes him across a dark African mythological world of gods, monsters, shape-shifters, and warring kingdoms. James's ambitious fantasy epic draws on West African mythology. Told in an unreliable narrator's confession.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
Graphic violence
Explicit sexual content (M/M)
Extremely dense and challenging read — not for all readers
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