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Birth of Orisha
Hardcover
Science FictionGeneral Fiction
Publisher Price: $29.99
ISBN13: 9781647102111
Publisher: CAEZIK SF & Fantasy
Published: Feb 16 2027
Pages: 280
Language: English
In this bold Afropunk science-fantasy debut, African mythology and post-apocalyptic survival collide as a gifted healer refuses to let her body, future, or destiny belong to anyone but herself.
In the year 2447, Africa has been transformed by nuclear devastation, mutation, and myth. Ife-Iyoku, humanity's last African refuge, survives under the protection of the Orisha and the weight of sacred tradition. Imade is a healer with extraordinary gifts, born into a society that values survival above all else -- even individual choice.
When catastrophe leaves Ife-Iyoku facing extinction, the elders look to Imade as the answer to their future. To them, she is the last woman, the vessel through which the tribe must continue. But Imade refuses to be reduced to duty, prophecy, or biology. Her life is not an offering to be claimed.
As dangers gather beyond the walls and corruption festers within them, Imade steps beyond the role chosen for her and into a larger, more dangerous inheritance. In a world shaped by wounded gods, ancestral memory, and the fierce will to survive, she must decide what kind of power she will become -- and what liberation will cost.
From Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, the historic Nebula and World Fantasy Award-winning author, comes a fierce debut novel of African mythology, post-apocalyptic imagination, survival, and self-determination.
- African speculative fiction and Afropunk science fantasy rooted in Orisha mythology
- A post-apocalyptic future shaped by nuclear devastation, mutation, survival, and rebirth
- A powerful story of bodily autonomy, resistance, transformation, and Black liberation
Cover art by John Jennings, New York Times bestseller and the winner of the Eisner Awards.
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