I loved Karen Lord’s Debut novel Redemption In Indigo(my review). It was an exciting story with a completely different perspective than I usually read. Even though I’m not a huge fantasy fan, her story was different and a lot of fun to read. So, when I heard that her next novel was a science fiction story, I knew I had to read it. The Best of All Possible Worlds met and exceeded my hopes. It’s a thoughtful character driven story about the aftereffects of a genocide. Let’s check it out.

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Redemption in Indigo by Karen Lord is an interesting type of novel. The story is based on a Senegalese folk tale with tricksters and chaos sticks and wise women both teaching and learning lessons. The book is a slim volume (less than 200 pages) and treads much of the same territory as Neil Gaiman stories, only with an African folk tale instead of European. As someone who isn’t very familiar with African folk tales, it’s a refreshing change and makes me wish I knew more mythology from other areas of the world. So, what is the book about?

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