Black Panther

Ayo and Aneka are young women recruited into the Dora Milaje, the elite force trained to guard the crown of Wakanda whatever the cost. Their first assignment is to protect Queen Shuri. The trouble is that each has already given her heart to the other.

The two are better known now as the Midnight Angels, and this story goes back to the beginning. It is a love story, and it pairs tenderness with brutality. The central question is what happens when a nation asks for loyalty that two people have already promised elsewhere.

A second thread follows former king T'Challa, who keeps company with allies so dark that disgrace looks unavoidable. A third turns to Zenzi, the mysterious leader of the People. Black Panther believes he knows who she is and how she got her powers, but he has only part of the story.

The book gathers World of Wakanda issues 1 to 6 and expands the world of Wakanda through the history of these characters. It is a comics collection, with the romance of Ayo and Aneka at its centre.