The Book of Phoenix by Nnedi Okorafor

The Book of Phoenix by Nnedi Okorafor

NAME: Aryaman Khanna.

PROFILE: Ex-intelligence officer, Phoenix 5 division, Intelligence and Research Wing.

STATUS: Released from a high-security prison in Lakshadweep after serving a seven-year sentence for a botched counterterrorism operation led by Director General Amarjyot Bhushan.

KNOWN FAMILY: A mother, a son and a wife, who was attacked before she could publish an expos about a bioweapon in her newspaper.

CURRENT LOCATION: Last seen heading to Mumbai in pursuit of his wife's attackers and on a top-secret comeback mission.

MISSION: Foil the bioweapon strike an international terror group has been planning to carry out in Mumbai on the anniversary of 26/11.

The Phoenix tells a dystopian tale of espionage and global terror, of sleeper cells and double agents, of biological warfare and suicide attacks. But at its heart there's a message of hope and one man's love for his family and country.

Nnedi Okorafor is an international award-winning novelist of African-based science fiction, fantasy and magical realism for both children and adults. Born in the United States to two Nigerian immigrant parents, Nnedi is known for weaving African culture into creative evocative settings and memorable characters. In a profile of Nnedi's work titled, Weapons of Mass Creation, The New York Times called Nnedi's imagination stunning.

Nnedi's books include:

Lagoon (a British Science Fiction Association Award finalist for Best Novel), Who Fears Death (a World Fantasy Award winner for Best Novel), The Book of Phoenix (an Arthur C. Clarke Award finalist), The Binti Trilogy (the first of which won both the Hugo and Nebula Awards for Best Novella and the second which is a Hugo Award finalist), Chicken in the Kitchen (winner of an Africana Book Award), Kabu Kabu (A Publisher's Weekly Best Book for Fall 2013), The Akata series (Akata Warrior being a finalist for the World Science Fiction Society Award), Zahrah the Windseeker (winner of the Wole Soyinka Prize for African Literature), The Shadow Speaker (a CBS Parallax Award winner), Long Juju Man (winner of the Macmillan Writers' Prize for Africa),

Comics:
Black Panther: Long Live the King (Marvel)
Antar: the Black Knight (IDW/Mirage Films)
LaGuardia (Dark Horse Comics)
Wakanda Forever (Marvel)

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ISBN 13	9780756410193
ISBN 10	0756410193
Title	The Book of Phoenix
Author	Nnedi Okorafor
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Daw Books
Year published	2015-05-05
Number of pages	240
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.