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Shadowshaper Cypher.
''Shadowshaper'' is a 2015 American urban fantasy young adult novel written by Daniel Jose Older. It is the first in the ''Daniel José Older#Shadowshaper Cypher series (Young Adult), Shadowshaper Cypher'' series. It follows Sierra Santiago, an Afro-Puerto Ricans, Afro-Boricua teenager living in Brooklyn. In the book it is revealed that she is the granddaughter of a "shadowshaper", or a person who infuses art with ancestral spirits. As forces of gentrification invade their community and a mysterious being who appropriates their magic begins to hunt the aging shadowshapers, Sierra must learn about her artistic and spiritual heritage to foil the killer. Four sequels have followed: "Ghostgirl in the Corner" (a novella, 2016), "Dead Light March" (a novella, 2017), ''Shadowhouse Fall'' (novel, 2017) and ''Shadowshaper Legacy'' (novel, 2020). Plot As her summer vacation from Octavia Butler High School starts, Sierra Santiago begins work on a mural of a dragon on a building. Known as t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel José Older
Daniel José Older is an American fantasy and young adult fiction writer. His work includes the '' Shadowshaper'' ''Cypher'' series as well as novels in the ''Star'' ''Wars'' series. Career Older's career as a writer began in 2014, in the back of the ambulance where he worked as an EMT in New York City. Older has said that he sees himself as an outsider to the publishing and literary scene. Describing himself as a disruptor, saying, “I entered the writing world clearly and strategically to do this thing, to write these books, to get them into the world and fuck with people…to generally fuck shit up.” Older's formal writing foray onto the writing scene came with Salsa Nocturna'' in 2012. A collection of stories from the living, the dead, and those in between, ''Salsa Nocturna'' serves as an introduction to key characters from his first series, ''Bone Street Rumba.'' Older's debut novel, ''Half-Resurrection Blues,'' was published by Penguin Books in the first week of 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
