Suffused with African folklore, the sequel to Marlon James' *Black Leopard, Red Wolf* revolves around the witch Sogolon and the riddle of a lost child. In this follow-up to *Black Leopard, Red Wolf*, Marlon James draws on a tradition of African mythology, fantasy and history to imagine a mythic world, a lost child, a 177-year-old witch, a deadly regal chancellor, and a mystery with many answers. Part adventure tale, part chronicle of an indomitable woman—the witch Sogolon—who bows to no man, this is an exploration of power, personality, and the places where they overlap, set in a world at once ancient and startlingly modern.