Brown Girl in the Ring

In this “impressive debut” from award-winning speculative fiction author, a young woman must bargain with the gods to save her city and herself ( The Washington Post ). The rich and privileged have fled the city, barricaded it behind roadblocks, and left it to crumble. The inner city has had to rediscover old ways—farming, barter, herb lore. But now the monied need a harvest of bodies, and so they prey upon the helpless of the streets. With nowhere to turn, a young woman must open herself to anc