
It’s also the story of a century-long feud-seen through the eyes of a 177-year-old witch-that Sogolon had with the Aesi, chancellor to the king. In Moon Witch, Spider King, Sogolon takes centre stage and gives her own account of what happened to the boy, and how she plotted and fought, triumphed and failed as she looked for him. In Black Leopard, Red Wolf, Sogolon the Moon Witch proved a worthy adversary to Tracker as they clashed across a mythical African landscape in search of a mysterious boy who disappeared.


It’s a follow-up, but not exactly a sequel. Today, Riverhead announced that Marlon James’s next novel, Moon Witch, Spider King-the follow-up to his New York Times-bestselling Black Leopard, Red Wolf-will be published on February 15, 2022.
