In the dystopian world of Mafinga, Jasmin must contend with a dictators sorcerer to cleanse the socialist state of its deadly pollution. Mafinga's malevolent king dislikes books and, together with his sorcerer Atari, has collapsed the environment to almost uninhabitable. The sun has killed all the able men, including Jasmins husband Godi. But Jasmin has Godis secret story machine that tells of a better world, far different from the wastelands of Mafinga. Jasmins crime for possessing the machine and its forbidden literature filled with subversive text is punishable by death. Fate grants a cruel reprieve in the service of a childless queen who claims Jasmins children as her own. Jasmin is powerless--until she discovers secrets behind the king and his sorcerer.
- ISBN10 1946154660
- ISBN13 9781946154668
- Publish Date 15 March 2022
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 13 January 2024
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Meerkat Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 200
- Language English