From the start she is special and destined for greater things, but without knowing the tests that will challenge her resilience. And the heroine, Binti, invites us along to participate in her secret mission. Nnedi Okorafor efficiently and effectively uses the short format to create a visual, suspenseful ride. ' - Chicago Tribune ' Binti is a compact gem of adventure, bravery and other worlds. Praise for the Binti trilogy: 'Okorafor's writing is even more beautiful than I remember it being in Binti, evocative and sharply elegant in its economy.What Binti: Home says, ultimately, is that traveling the galaxy is relatively easy compared to understanding ourselves and each other-and that this is crucial, necessary work.' -NPR ' opens up Binti's tale in astonishing ways, while provocatively exploring questions of identity and kinship. Collected now for the first time in omnibus form, follow Binti's story in this groundbreaking sci-fi trilogy. If Binti is to survive this voyage and save the inhabitants of the unsuspecting planet that houses Oomza Uni, it will take all of her knowledge and talents to broker the peace. There is more to the history of the Medusae-and their war with the Khoush-than first meets the eye.

Now, Binti must fend for herself, alone on a ship full of the beings who murdered her crew, with five days until she reaches her destination.

But everything changes when the jellyfish-like Medusae attack Binti's spaceship, leaving her the only survivor.

Despite her family's concerns, Binti's talent for mathematics and her aptitude with astrolabes make her a prime candidate to undertake this interstellar journey. In her Hugo- and Nebula-winning novella, Nnedi Okorafor introduced us to Binti, a young Himba girl with the chance of a lifetime: to attend the prestigious Oomza University. Includes a brand-new Binti story Collected for the first time in an omnibus edition, the Hugo- and Nebula-award-winning Binti trilogy, the story of one extraordinary girl's journey from her home to distant Oomza University.

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