A finalist for the 2022 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel
One of BookPage's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Books of 2021
One of Tor.com Reviewers' Choice Best Books of 2021
****One of Book Riot's Best SFF Standalones of 2021
"Ghosts. Gods. Gangsters. Black Water Sister has it all...a wildly
entertaining coming-of-age story for the twentysomething set, with a
protagonist who is almost painfully relatable at
times."--Vulture********
****** A twisty, feminist, and enthralling
page-turner**.--BuzzFeed****
** A sharp and bittersweet story of past and future, ghosts and gods and
family****.--N****aomi Novik, New York Times bestselling author of A
Deadly Education**
- A reluctant medium discovers the ties that bind can unleash a
dangerous power in this compelling Malaysian-set contemporary
fantasy.**
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** When Jessamyn Teoh starts hearing a voice in her head, she chalks it
up to stress. Closeted, broke and jobless, she's moving back to Malaysia
with her parents - a country she last saw when she was a toddler.
She soon learns the new voice isn't even hers, it's the ghost of her
estranged grandmother. In life, Ah Ma was a spirit medium, avatar of a
mysterious deity called the Black Water Sister. Now she's determined to
settle a score against a business magnate who has offended the god--and
she's decided Jess is going to help her do it, whether Jess wants to or
not.
Drawn into a world of gods, ghosts, and family secrets, Jess finds that
making deals with capricious spirits is a dangerous business, but
dealing with her grandmother is just as complicated. Especially when Ah
Ma tries to spy on her personal life, threatens to spill her secrets to
her family and uses her body to commit felonies. As Jess fights for
retribution for Ah Ma, she'll also need to regain control of her body
and destiny - or the Black Water Sister may finish her off for good.
