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Echoes of the Ancestors: Riftborn Awakening Book One
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jun 1 2025
Pages: 108
Weight: 0.25
Height: 0.26 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
In the dawn of a fractured world, where Yoruba chants intertwine with alien storms, Ariiso is reborn.
His cybernetic arms glow with ila-sacred tribal marks that carry the prayers of his ancestors and the rhythm of orÃkì praise songs. Guided by visions of the Egungun and the weight of ancestral proverbs, he must stand against the Earth Sentinel-an elemental warden whose rage mirrors the alien conquest that devoured his homeland.
With Nyah, the strategist whose fury burns like ancestral fire, and Akan, the cryptic elder whose counsel echoes the hidden paths of Orun, Ariiso's journey becomes a test of balance: between alien power and Yoruba tradition, between survival and the preservation of his people's soul.
Will he master the alien force within, or will it consume the last spark of his humanity-silencing the ancestral rhythms that have guided him since time immemorial?
A tale of rebirth, elemental trials, and the enduring power of Yoruba cosmology-where every battle is a prayer and every choice an echo of destiny.
For readers of Black Leopard, Red Wolf (Marlon James), Children of Blood and Bone (Tomi Adeyemi), and The Fifth Season (N.K. Jemisin).
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