![]() Tracker, the protagonist, is a man whose sense of smell reveals the whereabouts and recent deeds of those he encounters. There’s no Jon Snow in the world James created: “I wasn’t trying to write some noble warrior walking through the bush,” he says. ![]() ![]() Jemisin, whose works push back against stereotypes about the types of figures who “should” appear in fantasy fiction. And it joins the ranks of those by authors like Tomi Adeyemi and N.K. James says he even “cheated” - his word - and studied how Martin crafts violent sequences with mythical creatures.īut James’ book is set in a distant-past Africa and filled with queer characters of color inspired by the continent’s history and mythology. ![]() It turns out that James’ new epic, Black Leopard, Red Wolf, which hits shelves today and kicks off a trilogy, does resemble Martin’s series, in a few key ways: each features warring royals, deadly beasts and plenty of graphic sex scenes and bloody battles. ![]()
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