Midnight Robber

A "[d]eeply satisfying" [The New York Times Book Review] story of a father who has committed an unbelievable crime and a daughter who must then fight to save her own life.

"Caribbean patois adorns this novel with graceful rhythms...Beneath it lie complex, clearly evoked characters, haunting descriptions of exotic planets, and a stirring story...[This book] ought to elevate Hopkinson to star status." --Seattle Times

It's Carnival time and the Caribbean-colonized planet of Toussaint is celebrating with music, dance, and pageantry. Masked "Midnight Robbers" waylay revelers with brandished weapons and spellbinding words. To young Tan-Tan, the Robber Queen is simply a favorite costume to wear at the festival--until her power-corrupted father commits an unforgiveable crime.

Suddenly, both father and daughter are thrust into the brutal world of New Half-Way Tree. Here monstrous creatures from folklore are real, and the humans are violent outcasts in the wilds. Tan-Tan must reach into the heart of myth and become the Robber Queen herself. For only the Robber Queen's legendary powers can save her life . . . and set her free.

Author: Nalo Hopkinson
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 03/01/2000
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.20w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9780446675604


Award: Hugo Award - Nominee
Award: Nebula Awards - Nominee


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 01/03/2000 pg. 61
Kirkus Reviews 01/15/2000 pg. 90
Booklist 02/15/2000 pg. 1091
Library Journal 02/15/2000 pg. 201
New York Times 04/30/2000 pg. 28
School Library Journal 06/01/2000 pg. 173
New York Times 06/04/2000 pg. 48
Black Issues Book Review 07/01/2000 pg. 25
New York Times 12/03/2000 pg. 88

About the Author
Nalo Hopkinson was born in Jamaica and has lived in Guyana, Trinidad, and Canada. The daughter of a poet/playwright and a library technician, she has won numerous awards including the John W. Campbell Award, the World Fantasy Award, and Canada's Sunburst Award for literature of the fantastic. Her award-winning short fiction collection Skin Folk was selected for the 2002 New York Times Summer Reading List and was one of the New York Times Best Books of the Year. Hopkinson is also the author of The New Moon's Arms, The Salt Roads, Midnight Robber, and Brown Girl in the Ring. She is a professor of creative writing at the University of California, Riverside, and splits her time between California, USA, and Toronto, Canada.