Karen LordFantasy · Urban Fantasy·b. 1968
Redemption in indigo
Synopsis
Redemption in Indigo is Karen Lord's retelling of a Senegalese folktale. When Paama finally leaves her glutton of a husband for good after he disgraces himself in her home village of Makendha, she draws the attention of the undying djombi, who give her the Chaos Stick, a source of power to subtly reshape the world.
But an indigo-skinned djombi believes the stick's power belongs to him alone, and sets out to reclaim it. Narrated as though spoken aloud by an unnamed storyteller who addresses the reader directly, the novel is a witty, fantastical fairy tale that introduces a distinct voice in Caribbean speculative fiction.
How it reads
Prose complexity 7/10
