Luda begs Luci to share the secrets of her stardom, and reveal the hidden tricks of her trade. When Luci’s co-star meets with a mysterious accident, a new ingenue shimmers onto the scene: Luda, whose fantastical beauty and sinister charm infatuate Luci immediately… and who bears a striking resemblance to herself at a much younger age. But as time takes its toll, Luci fears her star is beginning to dim. Now she’s the leading lady in a smash hit musical. Luci LaBang is a star: for decades this flamboyant drag artist has cast a spell over screen and stage. Morrison, who was awarded an MBE*, for services to film and literature in 2012, is an absolute powerhouse in the comic book, movie, and television worlds - they’ve written acclaimed stories for Superman, Wonder Woman, and the X-Men, amongst others, and have developed adaptions for Syfy, Netflix, and Peacock. Mixing myth, literary speculative fiction, and mystery, Grant’s first novel has the kind of genre-remaking originality they are celebrated for.

Luda is an entirely new piece of work from Grant, who as a queer individual, has trailblazed their way through a very cisgender space in comics. Luda, the debut novel from comic book legend and the New York Times bestselling author of Supergods Grant Morrison (they/them) will hit bookshelves in September.

Supergods by grant morrison