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Ring Shout

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Feels
Adventurous, Tense, Eerie
Kind of story
Dark fantasy, Historical fiction, Monsters
About
Revenge, Friendship, Power
Pace
Fast
How dark
3 of 5. Dark, with real menace
Romance
A subplot

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Nebula, Locus, and Alex Award-winner P. Djèlí Clark returns with Ring Shout, a dark fantasy historical novella that gives a supernatural twist to the Ku Klux Klan's reign of terror

 

"A fantastical, brutal and thrilling triumph of the imagination...Clark's combination of historical and political reimagining is cathartic, exhilarating and fresh." - The New York Times

Named a Best of the Year Pick by NPR Library Journal Book Riot LitReactor Bustle Polygon Washington Post

 

IN AMERICA, DEMONS WEAR WHITE HOODS.

 

In 1915, The Birth of a Nation cast a spell across America, swelling the Klan's ranks and drinking deep from the darkest thoughts of white folk. All across the nation they ride, spreading fear and violence among the vulnerable. They plan to bring Hell to Earth. But even Ku Kluxes can die.

 

Standing in their way is Maryse Boudreaux and her fellow resistance fighters, a foul-mouthed sharpshooter and a Harlem Hellfighter. Armed with blade, bullet, and bomb, they hunt their hunters and send the Klan's demons straight to Hell. But something awful's brewing in Macon, and the war on Hell is about to heat up.

 

Can Maryse stop the Klan before it ends the world?

 

A New York Times Editor's Choice Pick!
A Nebula and Locus Award Winner!
A finalist for the Hugo Award, World Fantasy Award, Ignyte Award, Goodreads Choice Award, Shirley Jackson Award, AAMBC Literary Award, British Fantasy Award, Hurston/Wright Foundation Legacy Award, and the SIBA Award.

Author Biography

Born in New York and raised mostly in Houston, P. Djèlí Clark spent the formative years of his life in the homeland of his parents, Trinidad and Tobago. He is the author of the novel A Master of Djinn and the novellas The Dead Cat Tail Assassins, Ring Shout, The Black God's Drums, and The Haunting of Tram Car 015. He has won the Nebula, Locus, and Alex Awards and been nominated for the Hugo, World Fantasy, and Sturgeon Awards. His stories have appeared in online venues such as Tor.com, Daily Science Fiction, Heroic Fantasy Quarterly, Apex, Lightspeed, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, and in print anthologies, including Griots, Hidden Youth, and Clockwork Cairo. He is also a founding member of FIYAH Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction and an infrequent reviewer at Strange Horizons.

Details

  • Author: P. Djèlí Clark
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 192
  • Published: October 14, 2025
  • Size: 5.13 x 8.01 x 0.52 in
  • ISBN: 9781250393814

Praise

  • P. Djèlí Clark couldn't write a bad book if he tried. Ring Shout is fantastically fun even as its core is as serious as can be.

    Victor LaValle

  • A fantastical, brutal and thrilling triumph of the imagination... Clark's combination of historical and political reimagining is cathartic, exhilarating and fresh.

    The New York Times

  • Once the story picks up, it keeps hitting hard, climbing, no, soaring, to a cinematic finish, with character beats that hit beautifully.

    NPR

  • A thrilling narrative that mines African folklore, body horror and pulp adventure.

    USA Today

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