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The Child of the Omen: An Adult Tree Story
Paperback
Series: Adult Tree, Book 2
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Dec 10 2025
Pages: 152
Weight: 0.47
Height: 0.35 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
In Adult Tree, the ancient land shaped by spirits and shadows, a forbidden act awakens a prophecy older than the first breath of man. When Itoro, burdened by a secret that shames her soul, carries a child conceived in darkness, the earth stirs, the rivers tremble, and the ancestors whisper a warning in the semblance of:
Her seed shall bruise the head of your seed, and your seed shall bruise the heel of hers.
A storm of destinies begins to gather.
Across the Nine Districts, omens appear-wilting leaves that do not fall, fires that flicker without wind, and a serpent-marked stranger whose presence unsettles even the brave.
As Randah struggles to rebuild its fragile order, two children-one born of innocence, the other of ancient rebellion-walk unknowingly toward a collision foretold since the dawn of humanity. And the spirits... the spirits prepare for a reckoning.
In this sweeping African epic of prophecy, betrayal, love, and warfare, the fate of Adult Tree rests not in warriors or kings, but in the quiet breath of a child whose birth tilts the world.
Readers of Adult Tree: And Your Eyes Shall Be Opened will recognize the echoes of its prophecy woven through this tale, yet The Child of the Omen stands proudly on its own-inviting both new and returning readers into a world where the land remembers every secret.
Perfect for lovers of mythic storytelling, ancestral mysteries, spiritual depth, and character-driven fantasy.
Will the children write their own fate, or be overtaken by the prophecy?
Whatever happens, only the land will remember.
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