Thursday, November 4, 2021

Waiting on Wednesday: A Snake Falls to Earth by Darcie Little Badger


Happy Wednesday! It is Wednesday, isn't it? See last Wednesday's post for context.

Waiting on Wednesday features A Snake Falls to Earth by Darcie Little Badger. Dr. Little Badger has a PhD in oceanography along with her undergraduate degree in Geoscience. She's tribally enrolled as a Lipan Apache. Her debut novel, Elatsoe was named by Time Magazine one of the 100 best fantasy books of all time! A Snake Falls to Earth was long-listed for the National Book Award and it's not out until November 23!

Here's the publisher synopsis:
Nina is a Lipan girl in our world. She’s always felt there was something more out there. She still believes in the old stories. Oli is a cottonmouth kid, from the land of spirits and monsters. Like all cottonmouths, he’s been cast from home. He's found a new one on the banks of the bottomless lake.

Nina and Oli have no idea the other exists. But a catastrophic event on Earth, and a strange sickness that befalls Oli’s best friend, will drive their worlds together in ways they haven’t been in centuries. And there are some who will kill to keep them apart.

A Snake Falls to Earth is a breathtaking work of Indigenous futurism. Darcie Little Badger draws on traditional Lipan Apache storytelling structure to weave another unforgettable tale of monsters, magic, and family. It is not to be missed.

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