Where it Rains in Color by Denise Crittendon - ISBN: 9781915202123
Paperback
Beauty queen’s skin disease awakens a galaxy-altering power within.

Where it Rains in Color

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  • Paperback

    416 pages

  • Release Date

    28 February 2023

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Summary

Lileala has just been named the Rare Indigo - beauty among beauties - and is about to embrace her stardom, until something threatens to change her whole lifestyle and turn the planet of Swazembi upside down.

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 Lilea…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781915202123
ISBN-10:1915202124
Author:Denise Crittendon
Publisher:Watkins Media Limited
Imprint:Angry Robot
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:416
Release Date:28 February 2023
Weight:450g
Dimensions:135mm x 216mm
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Where it Rains in Color by Denise Crittendon - ISBN: 9781915202123
135 × 216 mm
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A4
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Critics Review

“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.”

About The Author

Denise Crittendon

Denise held a string of journalism jobs before making the big leap into the world of sci-fi & fantasy. In addition to being a staff writer for The Detroit News and The Kansas City Star, she was editor-in-chief of the NAACP’s national magazine, The Crisis. Later, she became founding editor of a Michigan-based lifestyle publication for black families. After self-publishing two manuals that empower youth, “Girl in the Mirror, A Teen’s Guide to Self-Awareness” and “Life is a Party That Comes with Exams,” she entered the new-age healing movement as a motivational speaker for teens. These days, she fulfills ghostwriting assignments for clients and writes speculative fiction on the side. She divides her time between Spring Valley, Nevada and her hometown, Detroit, Mich. Where it Rains in Color is her debut novel.

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