Bram Stoker Award Lifetime Achievement Award recipient and ‘Queen of African Horror’ Nuzo Onoh returns with her upcoming novel Futility from Titan Books, and we’re excited to bring you an exclusive cover reveal and excerpt today.
Described as a “monstrous, gleeful, bitingly funny tale of murder, body-swapping and bloody vengeance”, Futility comes particularly recommended for fans of Oyinkan Braithwaite’s My Sister the Serial Killer and Bella Mackie’s How to Kill Your Family.
In Futility:
Betrayed by the men in their lives, two women seethe with rage and bitterness. When a trickster spirit offers them the gift of revenge, they cannot resist.
Chia runs one of the best restaurants in Abuja, Nigeria, and is renowned among the male clientele for her captivating beauty and delicious hot pepper soup. But her hot pepper soup has a secret ingredient, and her beauty is not what it seems.
Claire is a 50 year-old British woman living in Abuja with her young Nigerian boyfriend and his beautiful cousin, Shadé. Consumed by jealousy and resentment, Claire’s carefully organised life spirals into chaos after a night out at Chia’s infamous restaurant.
A pioneer of the African horror literary genre, the Nigerian-British Onoh blends magical realism and horror in her works, which have included The Sleepless (2016), Dead Corpse (2017) and A Dance for the Dead (2022). She has featured in various anthologies and magazines and given talks and lectures about African Horror, including at the prestigious Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies, London.
Pre-order your copy of Futility right here and read on for our exclusive cover reveal and excerpt:
