“ African folklore is just as ample , and just as perverse as [ Lord of the Rings ] , ” Marlon James say ina Vulture interviewmore than a year ago , after winning the the prestigious Man Booker Prize for his sprawl crime opus A abbreviated History of Seven Killings . Today , the first few details of James ’ fantasy cycle have been announced and they go pretty all-fired exciting .
http://review.gawker.com/a-small-beginning-for-a-big-book-an-interview-with-aut-1671770646
James has been a go up literary star for a little while now and came to larger attending after notch the accolade . Mentions of the phantasy project he was cooking up were a staple fibre of interview he did and publishing company Riverhead Books is pull back the curtain just a touch to secernate the world about the work that ’s issue forth . Black Leopard , Red Wolf will be the first book of account in the Dark Star Trilogy , follow by Moon Witch , Night Devil and The Boy and the Dark Star . Here ’s the first official description :
Three quality — the Tracker , the Moon Witch , and the Boy — are locked in a keep in the castle of a die power , awaiting torture and tryout for the last of a minor . They were three of eight mercenary who had been hired to find the baby ; the search , expected to take two months , took nine years . In the remainder , five of the eight soldier of fortune , as well as the tyke , were dead .
What happened ? Where did their floor begin ? And how did each account cease ? These are the questions Marlon James poses in the Dark Star Trilogy , three novels set amid African legend and his own prolific imagination – an African Game of Thrones . From royal intrigue to thrilling and dangerous voyage , and complete with pirates , queens , beldame , configuration - shifters and monsters , these novel are part fantasy , part myth and part detective story …
https://gizmodo.com/marlon-james-s-next-book-will-be-african-game-of-throne-1747721267
None of the record have release dates yet so it ’s a working stake as whether James can put out an entire trilogy before George R.R. Martin finishes up A Song of Ice and Fire .
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