The Prey of Gods Audiobook
The Prey of Gods Audiobook
- Prentice Onayemi
- HarperAudio
- 2017-12-12
- 12 h 27 min
Summary:
From a new voice in the tradition of Lauren Beukes, Ian McDonald, and Nnedi Okorafor comes The Prey of Gods, a fantastic, boundary-challenging tale, occur a South African locale both familiar and yet utterly new, which braids elements of science fiction, fantasy, horror, and dark humor.
In South Africa, the near future looks appealing. Personal robots are producing life less difficult for the functioning class. The federal government is usually harnessing green energy to provide infrastructure for the indegent. And in about The Victim of Gods the bustling coastal town of Port Elizabeth, the economy is usually booming thanks to the genetic engineering industry which includes found a welcome home there. Yes-the times to come want very good for South Africans. That’s, if they may survive the present issues:
A fresh hallucinogenic drug sweeping the country .
An emerging AI uprising . . .
And a historical demigoddess hellbent on regaining her former status by preying for the bloodstream and perspire (but mostly blood) of each human she encounters.
It’s up to a young Zulu gal powerful enough to destroy her whole township, a queer teenager plagued with the ability to control thoughts, a pop diva with serious daddy problems, and a politician with rather more serious mommy issues to band together to make sure there’s another left to worry about.
Fun and fantastic, Nicky Drayden uses her brilliance while a short story article writer and weaves together an elaborate story that will catch your heart . . . even as a definite demigoddess threatens to rip it away.