12 new SFF books to put on your summer reading list this July
By Lacy Baugher
David Mogo, Godhunter – Suy Davies Okungbowa
Genres of fantasy you never knew you needed but extremely do? Nigerian God-punk. Yes, really.
That’s how David Mogo, Godhunter by Suyi Davis Okungbowa is being described, and it basically sounds like nothing else you’re going to read this year.
In short: Sign me up right the heck now.
The story follows the titular David Mogo, a freelance godhunter in Lagos who tracks down dangerous Yoriba spirits (Orisha) throughout the country. But when he catches a powerful god for a local wizard, it results in disaster and puts the future of Lagos at risk. In order to fix his mistake, David has to step up. And in doing so, he has to team up with an intriguing and appealing cast of secondary characters to save the day.
"Since the Orisha War that rained thousands of deities down on the streets of Lagos, David Mogo, demigod, scours Eko’s dank underbelly for a living wage as a freelance Godhunter. Despite pulling his biggest feat yet by capturing a high god for a renowned Eko wizard, David knows his job’s bad luck. He’s proved right when the wizard conjures a legion of Taboos—feral godling-child hybrids—to seize Lagos for himself. To fix his mistake and keep Lagos standing, David teams up with his foster wizard, the high god’s twin sister and a speech-impaired Muslim teenage girl to defeat the wizard."
David Mogo, Godhunter is available on July 9.