Remote Control

Nnedi Okorafor

Jan 2021 · Sold by Tordotcom

About this ebook

An alien artifact turns a young girl into Death's adopted daughter in Remote Control, a thrilling sci-fi tale of community and female empowerment from Nebula and Hugo Award-winner Nnedi Okorafor

“She’s the adopted daughter of the Angel of Death. Beware of her. Mind her. Death guards her like one of its own.”

The day Fatima forgot her name, Death paid a visit. From hereon in she would be known as Sankofa—a name that meant nothing to anyone but her, the only tie to her family and her past.

Her touch is death, and with a glance a town can fall. And she walks—alone, except for her fox companion—searching for the object that came from the sky and gave itself to her when the meteors fell and when she was yet unchanged; searching for answers.

But is there a greater purpose for Sankofa, now that Death is her constant companion?


Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award (audiobook version).

At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Ratings and reviews

Sometimes less is more. This book is an example of that. It's amazing how real not only Sankofa and her grief/guilt felt, but even the other minor characters with such a short time to develop. I also liked that the mystery was still mysterious in the end. A lot of sci-Fi wants to fully explain all of the fantastical things and wrap everything up in a neat package, but real life isn't like that. Sometimes we don't get to know how everything works. I would read a sequel if one were written, but this story works great all by itself.

so far so intriguing (only a few pages read so far)

About the author

Nnedi Okorafor, born to Igbo Nigerian parents in Cincinnati, Ohio on April 8, 1974, is an author of fantasy and science fiction for both adults and younger readers. Her children's book Long Juju Man won the 2007-08 Macmillan Writer's Prize for Africa, and her adult novel Who Fears Death was a Tiptree Honor Book. She is an associate professor of creative writing and literature at the University at Buffalo.