In 'Shadowhouse Fall,' Magical Threats Map Real-World Peril
Daniel José Older's new novel continues the adventures of magician Sierra Santiago and her tight-knit band of friends and family as they battle not just unfriendly sorcery but everyday discrimination.
by Amal El-Mohtar
Sep 16, 2017
3 minutes
Amal El-Mohtar is the Hugo Award-winning author of The Honey Month and the editor of Goblin Fruit, an online poetry magazine.
A couple of years ago, when I reviewed the first book in Daniel José Older's Shadowshaper Cypher series — I mentioned how quickly it affected me with its depiction of extended families, language, art, and the vibrant reality of a magical Brooklyn where the villains of the piece are gentrification and
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