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Text copyright © 2014 by Nnedi Okorafor Originally published in 2014 by Great Britain by Hodder & Stoughton Map copyright © 2015 by Lonely Planet Cover photograph copyright © 2015 by Franklin Kappa/Getty Images Saga Press and colophon are trademarks of Simon & Schuster, Inc. The text for this book is set in Plantin. Manufactured in the United States of America First Saga Press paperback edition February 2016 8 10 9 7 The Library of Congress has cataloged the hardcover edition a follows: Okorafor, Nnedi, Lagoon / Nnedi Okorafor. pages ; cm Summary: “A biologist, a famous rapper, and a rouge soldier become the honor guard and interpreter of humanityʼs first contact with an alien ambassador in this thriller that combines magical realism and seemingly end-of-the-world high tension”—Provided by publisher. ISBN 978-1-4814-4087-5 (hardcover) ISBN 978-1-4814-4089-9 (eBook) 1. Extraterrestrial beings—Fiction. 2 Human-alien encounters—Fiction. I. Title. PS3615.KL67L33 2015 813.6—dc23 2015010814 ISBN 978-1-4814-4088-2 (pbk) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAGA [colophon] PRESS ISBN 978-1-4814-4088-2 $16.99 U.S. sagapress.com simon & schuster 51699 ebook edition also available new york 9 781481 440882

Text copyright © 2014 by Nnedi Okorafor Originally published in 2014 by Great Britain by Hodder & Stoughton Map copyright © 2015 by Lonely Planet Cover photograph copyright © 2015 by Franklin Kappa/Getty Images Saga Press and colophon are trademarks of Simon & Schuster, Inc. The text for this book is set in Plantin. Manufactured in the United States of America First Saga Press paperback edition February 2016 8 10 9 7 The Library of Congress has cataloged the hardcover edition a follows: Okorafor, Nnedi, Lagoon / Nnedi Okorafor. pages ; cm Summary: “A biologist, a famous rapper, and a rouge soldier become the honor guard and interpreter of humanityʼs first contact with an alien ambassador in this thriller that combines magical realism and seemingly end-of-the-world high tension”—Provided by publisher. ISBN 978-1-4814-4087-5 (hardcover) ISBN 978-1-4814-4089-9 (eBook) 1. Extraterrestrial beings—Fiction. 2 Human-alien encounters—Fiction. I. Title. PS3615.KL67L33 2015 813.6—dc23 2015010814 ISBN 978-1-4814-4088-2 (pbk) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAGA [colophon] PRESS ISBN 978-1-4814-4088-2 $16.99 U.S. sagapress.com simon & schuster 51699 ebook edition also available new york 9 781481 440882