We’re thrilled to share Vanessa Fogg of Locus Magazine’s review of Eugen Bacon’s genre-bending journey through the Sauútiverse!
Set in the Sauútiverse, a shared science fiction / fantasy universe created by a collective of African and African diaspora writers. Crimson in Quietus is the first thing I’ve ever read in this setting. It won’t be my last … With Crimson in Quietus, Eugen Bacon has crafted an immersive tale that shifts from literary coming-of-age narrative to high-octane thriller, as the remaining sound magician must track the serial killer across planets to save her friend.
Vanessa Fogg, LOCUS MAGAZINE
Crimson in Quietus
From the queen of genre-bending speculative fiction, comes the newest Sauútiverse offering, a mystery like no other, where the investigator is not a detective, but a sound scientist.
In a world where sound is a tangible force, Muso’mi is a maadiregi—an expert in the art of consuming it. At the prestigious Mahadum, she researches the language of silence, seeking to master the gift her mother calls theft. But academic intrigue turns to deadly peril when her friend vanishes after unearthing a hidden truth. Pursuing clues through pools of quietude across worlds, Muso’mi stumbles upon a horrifying discovery: a pattern of carnage left in fields of harvested silence. Now, the hunter becomes the hunted, as her unique expertise draws her into the orbit of a serial killer who understands the power of sound all too well.
Includes a glossary of Bantu, Afrocentric and made-up words from this cross-cultural tale written in gorgeous lyrical language packed with emotion.
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