Nalo Hopkinson is een schrijver en redacteur wiens werken diep putten uit de Caribische geschiedenis en taal. Haar sciencefiction- en fantasyromans en korte verhalen zijn geworteld in de tradities van mondelinge en schriftelijke verhalen die de Caribische cultuur hebben gevormd. Hopkinson verweeft deze invloeden meesterlijk, waardoor onderscheidende literaire werelden ontstaan. Haar schrijven biedt lezers een fris perspectief op bekende genres door de lens van een postkoloniale Caribische stem.
"The souls trapped in the Dreaming are restless, seeking any help they can attain to escape from their "predeceased" state. Erzulie calls upon the spider-god of stories, Anansi, to assist her in unraveling the truth behind her own history. But can Anansi be trusted with any truths he finds?"--Amazon
What is it like to have the House of Whispers as the house next door?
An alternate cover for this ISBN can be found here.It's Carnival time, and the Carribean-colonized planet of Toussaint is celebrating with music, dance and pageantry. Masked "Midnight Robbers" waylay revelers with brandished weapons and spellbinding words. But to young Tan-Tan, the Robber Queen is simply a favourite costume to wear at the festival--until her power-corrupted father commits an unforgivable crime. Suddenly, both father and daughter are thrust into the brutal world of New Half-Way Tree. Here monstrous creatures from folklore are real, and the humans are violent outcasts in the wilds. Here Tan-Tan must reach into the heart of myth--and become the Robber Queen herself. For only the Robber Queen's legendary powers can save her life...and set her free.