Mistress Komwono gives Sogolon as a gift to Princess Emini, and Sogolon joins the royal household. Sogolon encounters the Aesi frequently, who has a growing interest in Sogolon, and meets the abusive princes and the Sangomin, child-like witchfinders devoted to the Aesi who all exhibit special abilities. While in the city, Sogolon meets Keme, a royal guard who shares an attraction with Sogolon and the Aesi, an advisor to the king. An investigation follows, and Mistress Komwono leads the household back to the capital city of Fasisi, attempting to rejoin the royal court after an exile. An unknown force (later named by Sogolon as her wind (no wind), a magical manifestation- prevents this and impales Master Komwono on the ceiling. Master Komwono berates Sogolon and attempts to force himself on her. Eventually, Sogolon's curiosity leads her to enter the library and discover what Master Komwono calls the 'boli,' a sort of vessel for seemingly mystical power. Sogolon is forbidden from entering the library of the house and witnesses Master Komwono's mistreatment of the enslaved people and staff, which Mistress Komwono ignores and enables. Sogolon's time in the Komwono household is spent sleeping in the slave quarters, being ignored by Master Komwono (who recognized her from the pleasure house), and learning proper behavior from Mistress Komwono. Mistress Komwono recognizes the craftiness and grit in Sogolon and extends an offer for Sogolon to be her ward, which Sogolon accepts. Sogolon unknowingly steals a talisman from one of the johns linked to an Ukundunka, a monster that protects the owner, and the owner's wife, the willful Mistress Komwono, comes to collect it, killing most of the prostitutes and Miss Azora. Sogolon survives by drugging the men that come to have sex with her and stealing from them, plotting to leave the pleasure house. Sogolon escapes and flees to the city of Kongor in the Northern Kingdom, where she is taken in by Miss Azora, the owner of a 'house of pleasurable goods and services.' Miss Azora gives Sogolon shelter and eventually forces her into prostitution. The plot follows Sogolon, who starts as a nameless young girl enslaved and abused by her brothers. The novel is told in a more straightforward linear style than Black Leopard, Red Wolf. Jordan in February 2019 before the release of the first book.

The rights to produce a film adaptation were purchased by Michael B. The novel draws on African history and mythology, blended into the landscape of the North Kingdom and the South Kingdom, and the political tensions between these two warring states, as well as various city-states and tribes in the surrounding landscape. The novel tells a story parallel to, and intersecting with, the first novel. It is the second book of a planned trilogy, after Black Leopard, Red Wolf. Moon Witch, Spider King is a 2022 fantasy novel by Jamaican writer Marlon James.

Moon Witch, Spider King by Marlon James