Ring Shout, by P. Djèlí Clark (Tordotcom)
This is the book
that got me through the final days of the 2020 Presidential election.
It’s now 1922, and
the Ku Klux Klan, fueled by a re-showing of The
Birth of a Nation, is on the rise.
The hatred and violence it encompasses has opened the doors to an even greater,
supernatural evil that turns human members into demonic Ku Kluxes (imagine the
peaked hood and eye holes conforming to the shape of the skull beneath). Will
the menace spread to every corner of the land? All is not lost however, for
four intrepid Black women have banded together to defeat it. Each has her own
talents, whether skills gained as airwomen in World War I, or through the magic
passed on from generations past. Although unique in personality, the bonds of
sisterhood and shared purpose has welded them into an indomitable team.
This is the book
that got me through the last days of the 2020 Presidential election. I’d turn
away from the news, as full of fear and bigotry as it was of hope, and dive
into the world of Ring Shout, where
the loyalty and courage of Black women heroes stood fast against the forces of
evil.
That gives me hope.
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