Remote Control

An alien artifact turns a young girl into Death’s adopted daughter inRemote Control, a thrilling sci-fi tale of community and female empowerment from Nebula and Hugo Award-winner Nnedi Okorafor

Shes the adopted daughter of the Angel of Death. Beware of her. Mind her. Death guards her like one of its own.

The day Fatima forgot her name, Death paid a visit. From hereon in she would be known as Sankofaa name that meant nothing to anyone but her, the only tie to her family and her past.

Her touch is death, and with a glance a town can fall. And she walksalone, except for her fox companionsearching for the object that came from the sky and gave itself to her when the meteors fell and when she was yet unchanged; searching for answers.

But is there a greater purpose for Sankofa, now that Death is her constant companion?

Nnedi Okorafor, born to Igbo Nigerian parents in Cincinnati, Ohio on April 8, 1974, is an author of fantasy and science fiction for both adults and younger readers. Her children’s bookLong Juju Manwon the 2007-08 Macmillan Writer’s Prize for Africa, and her adult novelWho Fears Deathwas a Tiptree Honor Book. She is an associate professor of creative writing and literature at the University at Buffalo.

• Publisher:Tordotcom (January 19, 2021)
• Language:English
• Hardcover:160 pages
• ISBN-10:125077280X
• ISBN-13:9781250772800
• Item Weight:8 ounces
• UNSPSC:55101500
• Dimensions:5 x 0.43 x 8 inches