- Published: 6 June 2023
- ISBN: 9780241981795
- Imprint: Penguin General UK
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 656
- RRP: $26.00
Moon Witch, Spider King
Dark Star Trilogy 2
- Published: 6 June 2023
- ISBN: 9780241981795
- Imprint: Penguin General UK
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 656
- RRP: $26.00
Moving, vivid, and thought-provoking . . . brilliant
Buzzfeed
James masterfully flips the first instalment on its head . . . [A] titanic story of empire, adventure and power
Esquire
Told with James' inimitable linguistic verve . . . Riotous, ultraviolent, dazzlingly inventive
Literary Hub
Even more gripping and inventive than its predecessor . . . like Tolkien on ayahuasca
Observer
A fantasy world as well-realized as anything Tolkien made, with language as powerful as Angela Carter's
Neil Gaiman
James cements his status as a wildly inventive and lyrical storyteller
Financial Times
An exhilarating tour de force . . . [James] establishes a new vision for the trilogy as a whole and confirms Dark Star as a true epic
John Burnside
Black Leopard, Red Wolf and Moon Witch, Spider King are wildly inventive, genre-defining works of fiction on the level of The Lord Of The Rings and the Broken Earth trilogy that deserve to be studied, dissected, and argued over
AV Club
James once again shattered my expectations . . . Moon Witch, Spider King is a breathtaking book, one that functions as well as a standalone as it does a sequel . . . This is a novel that begs to be read in one sitting
NPR
This novel's prose style, inspired by the grammar of African languages, has an intoxicating swagger and energy
Slate
James is one of the finest writers at work today, and Moon Witch, Spider King is a complex, enthralling novel. It is also utterly uncompromising, a book which the reader must meet on its own terms
Toronto Star
An epic fable drenched in African mythology. This is work that both meets the immersive worldbuilding standard in books by Tolkien and Martin and brings to the genre a voice unlike anything seen before . . . It sets readers up for what will undoubtedly be a superb finale
The Boston Globe
A fantastical epic that draws on African mythology
The New York Times
Booker winner James's African-inspired imaginary kingdoms mark the series out from the usual run of epic fantasies, but his uniquely supple, powerful style is even more distinctive
The Guardian
An imaginative story that advances the trilogy in a satisfying way, deepening and expanding an already epic world
Time