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Lagoon

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What to expect

Three strangers, each isolated by his or her own problems: Adaora, the marine biologist. Anthony, the rapper famous throughout Africa. Agu, the troubled soldier. Wandering Bar Beach in Lagos, Nigeria's legendary mega-city, they're more alone than they've ever been before.

But when something like a meteorite plunges into the ocean and a tidal wave overcomes them, these three people will find themselves bound together in ways they could never imagine. Together with Ayodele, a visitor from beyond the stars, they must race through Lagos and against time itself in order to save the city, the world... and themselves.

'There was no time to flee. No time to turn. No time to shriek. And there was no pain. It was like being thrown into the stars.'

(P)2014 Hodder & Stoughton

Critics Review

Chaotic, enthralling, and moving fluidly from character voices to oral-style narration to gut-punchingly beautiful prose
Amal El-Mohtar
A wonderfully contemporary look at how people react when confronted with the unknown on a massive scale, with all the personal character changes and challenges I could hope for
Fantasy Faction
Lagoon mixes a traditional trope of SF - first contact with visitors from the stars - with African magical realism to create a lyrical, poetic mash-up examining social deprivation, religious excess and the power of story on our lives
The Guardian
A fascinating entry into the science fiction of place
io9
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Publishers Weekly
Beautifully written, this is dystopian fantasy at its very best,
Library Journal Review
Both wondrously magical and terribly realistic.
Washington Post
Author Nnedi Okorafor
Narrator Adjoa Andoh Andoh, Ben Onwukwe
Duration 10 hours and 41 minutes
Release Date
ISBN 9781444762778
Format Audiobook
Publisher Hodder & Stoughton
Genre Science fiction
Availability AU, GB, IE

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