{"title":"Tlotlo Tsamaase","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"womb-city-9781645660569b","title":"Womb City","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis genre-bending Africanfuturist horror novel blends \u003ci\u003eThe Handmaid’s Tale \u003c\/i\u003ewith \u003ci\u003eGet Out\u003c\/i\u003e in an adrenaline-packed, cyberpunk body-hopping ghost story exploring motherhood, memory, and a woman’s right to her own body.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNelah seems to have it all: fame, wealth, and a long-awaited daughter growing in a government lab. But, trapped in a loveless marriage to a policeman who uses a microchip to monitor her every move, Nelah’s perfect life is precarious. 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Invited to a prestigious writing residency at Günter Huis, an eerie colonial mansion on the slopes of Devil’s Peak, Anaya was supposed to craft the next great African literary masterpiece—and so were four other young, emerging writers, all competing for the grand prize. But Anaya never made it home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen a sensationalized true crime podcast about Anaya emerges, claiming to reveal everything that happened at Günter Huis, her sister Ranewa is both skeptical and furious. But with each surreal episode, Ranewa begins to piece together a truth worse than she ever could have imagined…\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt Günter Huis, Anaya’s nightmares consume her. Time slips away from her. Günter Huis inflicts distorted visions and terrible supernatural visitations, pushing Anaya to tell a story no one dares. 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