Masquerade

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Set in a wonderfully reimagined 15th century West Africa, Masquerade is a dazzling, lyrical tale exploring the true cost of one woman's fight for freedom and self-discovery, and the lengths she'll go to secure her future.

"A bewitching, thrilling and vibrant novel that had me enthralled with every twist and turn." --Jennifer Saint, New York Times bestselling author

’d²d³'s hometown of Timbuktu has been conquered by the warrior king of Yor¹b¡land, and living conditions for the women in her blacksmith guild, who were already shunned as social pariahs, grow even worse.

Then ’d²d³ is abducted. She is whisked across the Sahara to the capital city of á¹¢ ng³tẹ̀, where she is shocked to discover that her kidnapper is none other than the vagrant who had visited her guild just days prior. But now that he is swathed in riches rather than rags, ’d²d³ realizes he is not a vagrant at all; he is the warrior king, and he has chosen her to be his wife.

In a sudden change of fortune, ’d²d³ soars to the very heights of society. But after a lifetime of subjugation, she finds the power that saturates this world of battle and political savvy too enticing to resist. As tensions with rival states grow, revealing elaborate schemes and enemies hidden in plain sight, ’d²d³ must defy the cruel king she has been forced to wed by reforging the shaky loyalties of the court in her favor, or risk losing everything--including her life.

Loosely based on the myth of Persephone, O.O. Sangoyomi's  Masquerade takes you on a journey of epic power struggles and political intrigue which turn an entire region on its head.