Nnedi Okorafor - The Book of Phoenix (epub) - j_ray

A fiery spirit dances from the pages of the Great Book. She brings the aroma of
scorched sand and ozone. She has a story to tell....

The Book of Phoenix is a unique work of magical futurism. A prequel to the highly
acclaimed, World Fantasy Award-winning novel, Who Fears Death, it features the rise
of another of Nnedi Okorafor's powerful, memorable, superhuman women.

Phoenix was grown and raised among other genetic experiments in New York's Tower
7. She is an "accelerated woman" - only two years old but with the body and mind
of an adult, Phoenix's abilities far exceed those of a normal human. Still innocent
and inexperienced in the ways of the world, she is content living in her room speed
reading e-books, running on her treadmill, and basking in the love of Saeed, another
biologically altered human of Tower 7.

Then one evening, Saeed witnesses something so terrible that he takes his own life.
Devastated by his death and Tower 7's refusal to answer her questions, Phoenix finally
begins to realize that her home is really her prison, and she becomes desperate to escape.

But Phoenix's escape, and her destruction of Tower 7, is just the beginning of her
story. Before her story ends, Phoenix will travel from the United States to Africa
and back, changing the entire course of humanity's future.

Title: The Book of Phoenix
Author: Nnedi Okorafor
Published May 5, 2015 by DAW
ISBN-10: 0756410193
ISBN-13: 978-0756410193
Language: English
Length: 240 pages