474pp., paperback, London, 2024
The final volume in a feminist fantasy trilogy for young adults.
Deka has to choose to be reborn as a goddess and fight for the Emperor with others like herself, losing everyone she loves in the process, or watch the Gilded Ones destroy the kingdom of Otera.
Namina Forna was born in Sierra Leone and moved to the USA with her family when she was nine years old. The first two novels in the series are The Gilded Ones and The Merciless Ones.