Rosewater (Wormwood Trilogy #1)

In the Nigeria of the mid-21st century, a makeshift town has sprung up around a mysterious dome that inexplicably appeared there some time in the recent past. Though the structure is alien in origin, its purpose is unclear—its influences can be malign, but also dramatically beneficial. Approximately once a year, people come from far and […]

During this last week of black history month (and all year round, for that matter), we’re celebrating some of our favorite recent sci-fi and fantasy novels that explore worlds inspired by African nations and traditions, past, present and future. By taking inspiration from the lands, peoples, folklores, and varied histories of Africa, these writers reveal […]

The alien invasion is well underway before we even notice it in Tade Thompson’s Rosewater trilogy, which continues in The Rosewater Insurrection—the sequel to the British Science Fiction Award-nominated original. By the conclusion of that book, we’d received as clear a history as possible on the alien dome that had suddenly appeared in the middle of a […]

Science fiction has home court advantage when it comes to robots, artificial intelligence, interstellar voyages, and distant futures. Sometimes that makes it easy to forget that, at its core, the genre is like any other mode of fictional storytelling: often best exemplified through its characters, in all their flawed, thriving, complicated humanity (well, not always their […]