The Coyote Kings, Book One: Space-age Bachelor Pad (Volume 1) 1st edition

SHEREM IS BRILLIANT.

She?s travelled the world. She speaks a dozen ancient and modern languages, including Fan-Girl. And she can use?or improvise?a hundred weapons from around the globe or of her own design. Quite the list of accomplishments for a 25 year old.
Or is that 2500?
When best friend/roomies Hamza and Yehat, two Gen-X brainiacs too smart for their own good, meet Sherem during the heat of summer, they take one look at her and expect sparks to fly.
They just don?t expect the inferno.
Minister Faust?s first foray into astonishing adventure, pop culture craziness, and Africentric awe, The Coyote Kings, Book One: Space-Age Bachelor Pad is already a cult classic that had readers, critics, and even Hollywood fluttering with excitement.

FINALIST:

• The Philip K. Dick Award (2004)
• The Locus Best First Novel Award (2004)
• The Compton-Crook Award (2004)

A TOP TEN BOOK OF 2004 FOR:

• January Magazine, fiction
• Barnes & Noble, SF&F
• Amazon.com, SF&F
• SF Site, SF&F, Editor?s Choice

A LOCUS NOTABLE BOOK

Praise for The Coyote Kings, Book One: Space-Age Bachelor Pad

ERNEST DICKERSON, director, The Walking Dead, The Wire, Never Die Alone: ?Samuel Delaney, Harlan Ellison and Ishmael Reed all rolled into one. Biting, insightful and hugely entertaining.? THE NEW YORK TIMES: ?Fresh and stylish entertainment.? KIRKUS REVIEWS, THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER: ?Like Kevin Smith as if he?d grown up in an African immigrant neighbourhood.? ROBERT J. SAWYER, author of Hominids: ?Unforgettable? infectious ? incredibly charming.? RICHARD MORGAN, author of Market Forces: ?Outstanding ? like nothing I?ve ever read in the genre ? Up there with the best of them.? CHARLES SAUNDERS, author of Imaro: ?A brilliant first novel..... Minister Faust... is shaping up to become a one-man New Wave in the SF genre.? NALO HOPKINSON, author of Brown Girl in the Ring: ?Off the freakin hook.? TANANARIVE DUE, author of The Living Blood: ?Incredibly imaginative ? Endlessly entertaining.? SHEREE THOMAS, editor of Dark Matter: ?Outrageously hilarious and horrifying by turns.? COREY REDEKOP, author of Shelf Monkey: ?I loved every moment of it.? BOOKLIST [Starred Review]: ?A fantastic contemporary adventure.? THE NATIONAL POST: ?The most exciting Canadian debut in decades.? PUBLISHERS WEEKLY: ?Will remind some readers of Neal Stephenson ? a sharp-edged new voice in the genre.? JANUARY MAGAZINE: ?Alternately laugh-out-loud funny, deeply tender and downright chilling? A first rate novel from all angles.? ASIMOV MAGAZINE: ?Defies all expectations.? Faust is obviously someone to watch.? THE AUSTIN CHRONICLE: ?As if Faust channelled Mark Twain to write a Neal Stephenson novel.... Explodes off the page.? THE DENVER POST: ?Razzle-dazzle style and attitude?.? THE MONTREAL GAZETTE: ?Every page is pure pleasure.? SCI-FI DIMENSIONS: ?If Spike Lee, Quentin Tarantino, William S. Burroughs and H. P. Lovecraft were to collaborate on a novel, the result might be The Coyote Kings.? SF SITE: ?Undoubtedly the most fun, entertaining novel of this year in science fiction??