> PEOPLE MAGAZINE BEST NEW BOOK > BRITISH FANTASY AWARD WINNER > NAACP IMAGE AWARD FINALIST > CAROL SHIELDS PRIZE FINALIST > GOODREADS CHOICE NOMINEE > AUDIBLE BOOK OF THE YEAR > INDIE NEXT PICK This paperback edition includes an unpublished, previously-cut scene from MASQUERADE, with author commentary, and a reading group discussion guide Masquerade is an 'immersive, one-of-a-kind story' (People Magazine) set in a reimagined 15th century West Africa that explores the true cost of one woman's fight for freedom and self-discovery, and the lengths she'll go to secure her future. d d 's hometown of Timbuktu has been conquered by the warrior king of Yor b land, and living conditions for the women in her blacksmith guild, who were already shunned as social pariahs, grow even worse. Then d d is abducted. She is whisked across the Sahara to the capital city of Ṣ ng tẹ̀, where she is shocked to discover that her kidnapper is none other than the vagrant who had visited her guild just days