Where it Rains in Color
Published on 6. December 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
416 pages
978-1-915202-12-3 (ISBN)
Description
Colonized by the descendants of Earth's West African Dogon Tribe, the planet of Swazembi is a blazing, color-rich utopia and famous vacation center of the galaxy. No one is used to serious trouble in this idyllic, peace-loving world, least of all the Rare Indigo.
But Lileala's perfect, pampered lifestyle is about to be shattered. The unthinkable happens and her glorious midnight skin becomes infected with a mysterious disease. Where her skin should glisten like diamonds mixed with coal, instead it scabs and scars. On top of that, she starts to hear voices in her head, and everything around her becomes confusing and frightening.
Lileala's destiny, however, goes far beyond her beauty. While searching for a cure, she stumbles upon something much more valuable. A new power awakens inside her, and she realizes her whole life, and the galaxy with it, is about to change...
File Under: Science Fantasy [ True Colors | Embrace the Change | What Will Be | Dancing in the Rain ]
But Lileala's perfect, pampered lifestyle is about to be shattered. The unthinkable happens and her glorious midnight skin becomes infected with a mysterious disease. Where her skin should glisten like diamonds mixed with coal, instead it scabs and scars. On top of that, she starts to hear voices in her head, and everything around her becomes confusing and frightening.
Lileala's destiny, however, goes far beyond her beauty. While searching for a cure, she stumbles upon something much more valuable. A new power awakens inside her, and she realizes her whole life, and the galaxy with it, is about to change...
File Under: Science Fantasy [ True Colors | Embrace the Change | What Will Be | Dancing in the Rain ]
Reviews / Votes
"A captivating story about trusting received wisdom, challenging the status quo and owning one's power. I loved it." "A technicolor Afrofuturist fever-dream of a book." "A technicolor Afrofuturist fever-dream of a book." This is an Afrofuturist tale that is bursting with color and will have you rethinking how you see beauty. Outer space royalty literally glitters Where it Rains in Color is a great novel...the universe painted is amazing. "an ambitious wide-screen journey that reimagines beauty standards and their relationship to the African Diaspora."More details
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Watkins Media Limited
Edition type
New edition
Dimensions
Height: 213 mm
Width: 133 mm
Thickness: 32 mm
Weight
450 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-915202-12-3 (9781915202123)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
New editions
Additional editions
Person
A veteran journalist-turned-sci-fi writer, Denise Crittendon was a long-time reporter for The Detroit News and former editor of the NAACP's Crisis Magazine. She also worked nine years as editor-in-chief of a local lifestyle magazine based in her hometown, Detroit. She lives in her native city five months out of the year and spends the rest of her time near relatives in Spring Valley, Nevada.