Womb City
![Womb City](/cover/Hi_dtgAPyv07CIkr/big/Womb%20City.jpg)
- Authors
- Tsamaase, Tlotlo
- Publisher
- Erewhon Books
- Tags
- women , octavia butler , scifi horror , murder , science fiction , fantasy , africanfuturism , black fiction , crime , black horror , adult , mystery , afrofuturism , horror , handmaid's tale , cyberpunk , ivf , kindred , microchips , thriller , pregnancy , inequality , african fiction , parable of the sower
- Date
- 2024-01-23T08:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 2.06 MB
- Lang
- en
WOMB CITY imagines a dark and deadly future Botswana, rich with culture and true folklore, which begs the question: how far must one go to destroy the structures of inequality upon which a society was founded? How far must a mother go to save the life of her child?
Nelah seems to have it all: wealth, fame, a husband, and a child on the way. But in a body her husband controls via microchip and the tailspin of a loveless marriage, her hopes and dreams come to a devastating halt. A drug-fueled night of celebration ends in a hit-and-run. To dodge a sentencing in a society that favors men, Nelah and her side-piece, Janith Koshal, finish the victim off and bury the body.
But the secret claws its way into Nelah's life from the grave. As her victim's vengeful ghost begins exacting a bloody revenge on everyone Nelah holds dear, she'll have to unravel her society's terrible secrets to stop those in power, and become a monster unlike any other to quench the ghost's violent thirst.