Hard cover English book.
THE LUSH CITY OF PALMARES TRES shimmers with tech and tradition, with screaming gossip casters and practiced politicians. In the midst of this vibrant metropolis, June Costa creates art that's sure to make her legendary. But her dreams of fame become something more when she meets Enki, the bold new Summer King. The whole city falls in love with him (including June's best friend, Gil). But June sees more to Enki than amber eyes and a lethal samba. She sees a fellow artist.
Together, they will stage explosive, dramatic projects that Palmares Três will never forget. They will add fuel to a growing rebellion against the government's strict limits on new tech. And June will fall deeply, unfortunately in love with Enki. Because like all Summer Kings before him, Enki is destined to die.
Pulsing with the beat of futuristic Brazil, burning with the passions of its characters, and overflowing with ideas, this fiery novel will leave you eager for more from Alaya Dawn Johnson.
From the back cover: "This coruscating, molten vision of a futuristic Brazil is storytelling at its most compulsively readable."
JUSTINE LARBALESTIER, author of LIAR
"A beautiful, heart-in-your-throat story that juggles love and death."
TAMORA PIERCE, author of the Song of the Lioness quartet
"A nimble, beautiful novel about risking everything for love and art, both otherworldly and magnificently real."
SCOTT WESTERFELD, author of LEVIATHAN
