num_pages: 416
description: WOMB CITY imagines a dark and deadly future Botswana rich with culture and true folklore which begs the question: how far must one go to destroy the structures of inequality upon which a society was founded? How far must a mother go to save the life of her child? Nelah seems to have it all: wealth fame a husband and a child on the way. But in a body her husband controls via microchip and the tailspin of a loveless marriage her hopes and dreams come to a devastating halt. A drug-fueled night of celebration ends in a hit-and-run. To dodge a sentencing in a society that favors men Nelah and her side-piece Janith Koshal finish the victim off and bury the body.But the secret claws its way into Nelah's life from the grave. As her victim's vengeful ghost begins exacting a bloody revenge on everyone Nelah holds dear she?ll have to unravel her society's terrible secrets to stop those in power and become a monster unlike any other to quench the ghost's violent thirst.
language: English
title: Womb City
publisher: Erewhon Books