The Book of Phoenix

Who Fears Death, Book 0

By: Nnedi Okorafor

Narrated by: Robin Miles

A fiery spirit dances from the pages of the Great Book. She brings the aroma of scorched sand and ozone. She has a story to tell....

The Book of Phoenix is a unique work of magical futurism. A prequel to the highly acclaimed, World Fantasy Award-winning novel Who Fears Death, it features the rise of another of Nnedi Okorafor's powerful, memorable, superhuman women.

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 ebooks, 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.

©2015 Nnedi Okorafor (P)2015 Audible, Inc.

Just Amazing

I am all caught up in a world of that I both know and don't this is an addition to the great pictures she writes

Great Story Weaving! ❤

I am sure that in time this book will be read first and those people may rate this a little lower than I, but the way I was introduced to the story gives me a different perspective which is ecstatic!

Although I am still hoping for a book 2 this story answered so many of my questions. Nnedi did a wonderful job world and character building in this. The book is very entertaining an thought evoking.

Great

I liked it ut was a good olot and story and i really enjoyed it! We read it as an audiobook

Everything !

The first audiobook that had me wanting more! The story is amazing and the performance as well just overall Great! Looking forward to listening to more.

The narrators are killing me man😩

A big fan of Nnedi’s work! Enjoyed the story, but not as much as her Akata Witch series (loved the reference to the guardian angel from the Zuma wrestling story line). But maaannn, we need more African narrators. As an Igbo girl myself, I couldn’t help but cringe at the gross mispronunciation of literally every Igbo word. It really took away from the experience.