Book
The black God's drums / P. Djèlí Clark.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781250294715
- ISBN: 1250294711
- Physical Description: 111 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Tom Doherty Associates, 2018.
Content descriptions
| Summary, etc.: | "Creeper, a scrappy young teen, is done living on the streets of New Orleans. Her sights are set on securing passage aboard Captain Ann-Marie's smuggler airship Midnight Robber, earning the captain's trust using a secret about a kidnapped Haitian scientist and a mysterious weapon he calls the Black God's Drums. But Creeper keeps another secret close to her heart-- Oya, the African orisha of the wind and storms, who speaks inside her head and grants her divine powers. And Oya has her own priorities..." -- Page [4] of cover. |
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| Subject: | African American teenagers > Fiction. Airships > Fiction. Weapons > Fiction. Pirates > Fiction. New Orleans (La.) > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Alternative histories (Fiction) Steampunk fiction. Science fiction. Fantasy fiction. |
Available copies
- 5 of 5 copies available at Bibliomation.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 5 total copies.
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bolton High School | FIC CLA (Text) | 34062141575134 | Fiction | Available | - |
| Booth & Dimock Library - Coventry | On Order (Text) | 181023000022* | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Burroughs-Saden Main - Bridgeport | SF CLARK (Text) | 34000081463176 | Adult Science Fiction | Available | - |
| Newfield Branch - Bridgeport | SF CLARK (Text) | 34000081463168 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Oxford Public Library | FIC CLARK (Text) | 33530144382394 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Electronic resources
Author Notes
The Black God's Drums
Born in New York and raised mostly in Houston, P. Djèlà Clark spent the formative years of his life in the homeland of his parents, Trinidad and Tobago. He is the author of the novel A Master of Djinn and the novellas The Dead Cat Tail Assassins , Ring Shout, The Black God's Drums, and The Haunting of Tram Car 015 . He has won the Nebula, Locus, and Alex Awards and been nominated for the Hugo, World Fantasy, and Sturgeon Awards. His stories have appeared in online venues such as Tor.com , Daily Science Fiction, Heroic Fantasy Quarterly, Apex, Lightspeed, Beneath Ceaseless Skies , and in print anthologies, including Griots, Hidden Youth, and Clockwork Cairo . He is also a founding member of FIYAH Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction and an infrequent reviewer at Strange Horizons .
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