Like Thunder, Nnedi Okorafor
Like Thunder, Nnedi Okorafor
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Like Thunder

Author: Nnedi Okorafor

Narrator: Délé Ogundiran

Unabridged: 10 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 12/05/2023


Synopsis

Niger, West Africa, 2077

I am the Desert Magician; I bring water where there is none.

This book begins with Dikéogu Obidimkpa slowly losing his mind. Yes, that boy who can bring rain just by thinking about it is having some . . . issues. Years ago, Dikéogu went on an epic journey to save Earth with the shadow speaker girl, Ejii Ubaid, who became his best friend. When it was all over, they went their separate ways, but now he's learned their quest never really ended at all.

So Dikéogu, more powerful than ever, reunites with Ejii. He records this story as an audiofile, hoping it will help him keep his sanity or at least give him something to leave behind. Smart kid, but it won't work—or will it?

I can tell you this: it won't be like before. Our rainmaker and shadow speaker have changed. And after this, nothing will ever be the same again.

As they say, "Onye amaro ebe nmili si bido mabaya ama ama onye nyelu ya akwa oji welu ficha aru."

Or, "If you do not remember where the rain started to beat you, you will not remember who gave you the towel with which to dry your body."

About Nnedi Okorafor

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 books include the Tor.com novella Binti, which won the 2015 Hugo and Nebula Awards; the children's book Long Juju Man, which won the 2007-08 Macmillan Writer's Prize for Africa; and the novels Who Fears Death (World Fantasy Award winner) and Akata Warrior (Lodestar and Locus Award winner). She is an associate professor of creative writing and literature at the University at Buffalo.


Reviews

Goodreads review by L

A heartwarming story about genocide Like Thunder is a just-released sequel to Shadow Speaker. The Shadow Speaker is a quite old novel by Nnedi Okorafor, but an updated version came out 2-Oct-2023. Shadow Speaker ends in 2074. Earth has become connected to other worlds, so that travel from one world t......more

Goodreads review by Melissa

"Best to know where you've been to know where you need to go." Where Shadow Speaker promoted peace and prosperity, even on the brink of war, Like Thunder is fueled by rage: the product of an expired three-year treaty, slavery, and genocide. Perspectives shift in this harrowing Africanfuturist sequel,......more

Goodreads review by Pamela

Podría leer otros 10 libros sobre Ejii y Dikeogu, me encantan los personajes. La historia está bien tensa y catártica además. Otro hit de Nnedi Okorafor.......more