A wildly popular, magical read

Playing Mantis

Playing Mantis is the wildly popular, magical novel by D’Ann Katsu Davis.

Generously praised by critics, Playing Mantis is the spiritual autobiography of a praying mantis, and an allegorical memoir, that details the spiritual experiences behind her music, and spiritual traditions of her instruments.

Accompanying the novel is a full length album, Soul Cry. The building blocks for the Soul Cry album are the more than two hours of original music embedded in the e-book–all work in tandem to tell the many-layered story of a story within a story within a story.

The book is the song within her songs, the lyrics to her music, and words for the wordless in general.

“utterly transcendental” – Jessica

“D’Ann blew me away. She will blow your mind.” – Melinda

“D’Ann’s music takes me home. I want her to play at my funeral (which I hope is not any time soon) Really, I want her to play at my service. She takes me Home”- Jill D.