Remote Control [Hardcover]

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

Shes 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 walksalone, except for her fox companionsearching 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).

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 bookLong Juju Manwon the 2007-08 Macmillan Writer's Prize for Africa, her adult novelWho Fears Deathwas a Otherwise Honor Book, and her 2025 novelDeath of the Authorwon the NAACP Image Award for outstanding literary work in the fiction category. She holds a PhD in Literature and two Masters degrees in Journalism and Literature.

Winner of the Nommo Award!

A Locus Award Finalist!

A masterclass in the subtleties of world-building [and a] tender portrait of a girl rendered alien, home become unfamiliar, and the attempt at a future despite such despairs. Vanity Fair

Riveting from its opening page... lyrical and compelling. Essence

Once again the incomparable Nnedi Okorafor has written a thought-provoking and visionary tale of fantastic Black girl empowerment futulCW