Bibliograph

The book of Phoenix, a novel, Nnedi Okorafor ; interior images by Eric Battle

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The book of Phoenix, a novel, Nnedi Okorafor ; interior images by Eric Battle

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

novels

Main title

The book of Phoenix

Oclc number

892041517

Responsibility statement

Nnedi Okorafor ; interior images by Eric Battle

Series statement

DAW Book Collectors, No. 1688

Sub title

a novel

Summary

"Phoenix was grown and raised among other genetic experiments in New York's Tower 7. She is an 'accelerated woman'--only two years old but with the body and mind of an adult, Phoenix's abilities far exceed those of a normal human. Still innocent and inexperienced in the ways of the world, she is content living in her room speed reading e-books, running on her treadmill, and basking in the love of Saeed, another biologically altered human of Tower 7. Then one evening, Saeed witnesses something so terrible that he takes his own life. Devastated by his death and Tower 7's refusal to answer her questions, Phoenix finally begins to realize that her home is really her prison, and she becomes desperate to escape. But Phoenix's escape, and her destruction of Tower 7, is just the beginning of her story. Before her story ends, Phoenix will travel from the United States to Africa and back, changing the entire course of humanity's future"--, provided by publisher

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