Power enough to stop the brewing evil, to become the inspiration behind a robot uprising, to become the unwitting leader of a motley group of semi-powerful people fighting to save the world any way it takes (including a standoff in the middle of a pop concert and a trip to the otherworld). And THIS happens just as another demigoddess-a little Zulu girl who, in one clean swoop, loses everything she ever knew at the same time that she gains an enormous amount of power. What brings it all together: an ancient demigoddess is sick and tired of not being powerful enough and decides to take charge and feed off the fear and pain of humans in order to regain her old powers. Just as this is happening: Muzi’s robot pal becomes sentient, an engineered virus spreads among a hoard of dik-dik, a pop star with Multiple Sclerosis takes the same drug and suddenly finds herself with powers she never knew she had, Muzi himself discovers he can control minds, a politician unlocks her true self just as she discovers her overbearing mother’s wishes for her are literally rooted on something else. If you ever wanted to read a story featuring sex between a dolphin and a crab, this is your chance. It opens with childhood BFFs Muzi and Elkin discovering feelings for one another and having their first sexual experience after taking a new hallucinogenic drug that-unlocks? reveals?-their true selves. It’s a little bit surreal, a little bit weird, a lot of fun and wholly impressive. Nicky Drayden’s debut novel The Prey of Gods is a surprising cornucopia of genres and characters taking place in a futurist South Africa and with seemingly disparate, multi-layered storylines that slowly progress toward each other-just as the characters do.
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