Sally-Mae Jenkins, violated and exiled by her community, vows revenge after being sent to a remote African village. There, she faces the terrifying task of birthing and killing the cursed twins growing inside her—until two powerful deities vie for the souls of her unborn children. As she transforms into a snake shape-shifter, Sally-Mae must ally with Amara, a cursed healer, to unleash the twins’ unearthly powers on those who wronged her. Together, they seek to convince the death-giving spirit Aja-Mmọ to allow their return to the USA for a final reckoning.
“Fiction editor-at-large, Cath Trechman, acquired world English-language rights (excluding West Africa), including audiobook, to two new novels by the recipient of the Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievemen, Onoh via Bieke van Aggelen at African Literary Agency. The first novel in the deal, Futility, is scheduled to be published in autumn 2025, followed by The Turning of Sally-Mae a year later.” – The Bookseller, august 2024
Nuzo Onoh
