01995cam a2200277 4500 1672593927 TxAuBib 20241024120000.0 ||||||s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781835410622 1835410626 0031368742 Axis360 TxAuBib Onoh, Nuzo. Where the Dead Brides Gather [Boundless]. Titan Books, 2024. A powerful Nigeria-set horror tale of possession, malevolent ghosts, family tensions, secrets and murder from the recipient of the Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement and ‘Queen of African Horror’. For readers of Octavia Butler, Ben Okri and Koji Suzuki.Bata, a young girl tormented by nightmares, wakes up one night to find herself standing sentinel before her cousin’s door. Her cousin is to get married the next morning, but only if she can escape the murderous attack of a ghost-bride, who used to be engaged to her groom.A supernatural possession helps Bata battle and vanquish the vengeful ghost bride, and following a botched exorcism, she is transported to Ibaja-La, the realm of dead brides. There, she receives secret powers to fight malevolent ghost-brides before being sent back to the human realm, where she must learn to harness her new abilities as she strives to protect those whom she loves.By turns touching and terrifying, this is vivid supernatural horror story of family drama, long-held secrets, possession, death - and what lies beyond. Format: Blio. FICTION / Horror; FICTION / Occult & Supernatural; FICTION / World Literature / Africa / Nigeria. General Adult. Importer Version: 2016-03-11.01 Import Date: 2024-10-23 20:00:03. Fiction fast World Literature Africa. Fiction fast Occult & Supernatural. Fiction fast Horror. https://hslibrary.boundless.baker-taylor.com/Title?itemId=0031368742 TXHSP