Jevick, the pepper merchant's son, has been raised on stories of Olondria, a distant land where books are as common as they are rare in his home. When his father dies and Jevick takes his place on the yearly selling trip to Olondria, Jevick's life is as close to perfect as he can imagine. But just as he revels in Olondria's Rabelaisian Feast of Birds, he is pulled drastically off course and becomes haunted by the ghost of an illiterate young girl.
In desperation, Jevick seeks the aid of Olondrian priests and quickly becomes a pawn in the struggle between the empire's two most powerful cults. Yet even as the country shimmers on the cusp of war, he must face his ghost and learn her story before he has any chance of becoming free by settingherfree: an ordeal that challenges his understanding of art and life, home and exile, and the limits of that seductive necromancy, reading.
A Stranger in Olondriais a skillful and immersive debut fantasy novel that pulls the reader in deeper and deeper with twists and turns reminiscent of George R. R. Martin and Joe Hill.
Jevik travels to the city of Olondria where he is overtaken by a ghost from his past.
Maplewood, NJ; New York, NY; Madison, WI.
Huge immersive fantasy novel that will shock and pull readers in.
First novel by a unique new voice.
Publicity starting in Madison, WI, on WPR and growing from there.
Online pre-publication ad campaign to build awareness. Its the rare first novel with no unnecessary parts and, in terms of its elegant language, its sharp insights into believable characters, and its almost revelatory focus on the value and meaning of language and story, its the most impressive and intelligent first novel I expect to see this year, or perhaps for a while longer.
Locus
The excerpt from Sofia Samatar's compelling novelA Stranger in Olondriashould be enough to make you run out and l³*
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