'Beasts Made Of Night' Is The Beginning Of A Great Saga
Fantastic worldbuilding sets the stage in Tochi Onyebuchi's new novel, set in a bustling market city inspired by his Nigerian heritage. While the storytelling can be indecisive, the setting triumphs.
by Caitlyn Paxson
Nov 04, 2017
3 minutes
Fantastic worldbuilding sets the stage in this debut novel, as Tochi Onyebuchi conjures up a busy market city inspired by his Nigerian heritage and populates it with a group of outcast kids who shoulder the sins of the rich and powerful.
In Kos, all nobles – especially the royal family – are free from sin and its accompanying guilt. This purity allows them to rule, but it comes at a price. Whenever one of them
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