Children of Blood and Bone

Eleven years ago, King Saran sent soldiers on a raid that ended magic in Orïsha and killed its maji. Zélie Adebola has one chance to undo it. She holds an ancient scroll and needs a sacred sunstone, and the window for restoring magic is about to shut for good.

Zélie does not travel alone. Her brother Tzain goes with her, and so does Princess Amari, who took the scroll and ran from the palace after seeing how cruel her father could be. Behind them rides Crown Prince Inan, Amari's brother, who has orders to bring them down.

Inan's hunt takes a turn when he learns a secret about himself: the power of the maji runs in his blood too. That leaves him pulled between the throne he is meant to serve and a gift his father has tried to wipe out.

The fantasy unfolds in alternating chapters narrated by Zélie, Amari and Inan, so the chase is seen from both sides of the divide. Its setting draws on West African mythology and Yoruba cosmology, and rebellion against a monarchy drives the plot. It opens the Legacy of Orïsha trilogy, and the closing window on Zélie's mission keeps the pace urgent.