Beasts Made of Night

Beasts Made of Night

<b>iBooks Most Anticipated YA Books of the Fall </b><br><b> io9’s All the Science Fiction and Fantasy Books to Keep On Your Radar This Fall</b><br><b> BuzzFeed’s 22 YA Novels You’ll Want To Read From Cover To Cover This Fall</b><br><b>A 2017 BookExpo Buzz Book</b><br><b> A Junior Library Guild Selection <br><br></b>"...Unforgettable in its darkness, inequality, and magic." —<b><i>VOYA</i>, Starred Review</b><br><br>"...A paean to an emerging black legend."—<b><i>Kirkus Reviews</i>, Starred Review </b><br><br>Debut author Tochi Onyebuchi delivers an unforgettable fantasy adventure that powerfully explores the true meaning of justice and guilt. Packed with dark magic and thrilling action, <i>Beasts Made of Night </i>is a gritty Nigerian-influenced fantasy perfect for fans of Paolo Bacigalupi and Nnedi Okorafor. In the walled city of Kos, corrupt mages can magically call forth sin from a sinner in the form of sin-beasts—lethal creatures spawned from feelings of guilt. <br><br> Taj is the most talented of the <i>aki</i>,<i> </i>young sin-eaters indentured by the mages to slay the sin-beasts. But Taj’s livelihood comes at a terrible cost. When he kills a sin-beast, a tattoo of the beast appears on his skin while the guilt of committing the sin appears on his mind. Most aki are driven mad by the process, but 17-year-old Taj is cocky and desperate to provide for his family. <br><br> When Taj is called to eat a sin of a member of the royal family, he’s suddenly thrust into the center of a dark conspiracy to destroy Kos. Now Taj must fight to save the princess that he loves—and his own life.