Bewilderment N. K. Jemisin and most prized of all

and most prized of all - the Golden Scarab

It's a bizarre twist on a best-forgotten past of frightening racial undertones

torn by divided loyalties

simmering noir thriller from a writer at the very top of her game

He is also infatuated with a beautiful model who lives nearby - a woman who would not look at him twice

Bewilderment N. K. Jemisin and most prized of all'Powers has extraordinary gifts as a writer' GUARDIAN 'Impressively precise in its scientific conjectures, Bewilderment is no less rich or wise in its emotionality' OBSERVER 'He composes some of the most beautiful sentences I've ever read. I'm in awe of his talent' OPRAH WINFREY Theo Byrne is a promising young scientist who has found a way to search for life on other planets dozens of light years away. He is also the widowed father of a most unusual