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Son of the Storm (The Nameless Republic, 1) (2021)

In the ancient. city of Bassa, Danso is a clever scholar on the cusp of achieving greatness—only he doesn’t want it. Instead, he prefers to chase forbidden stories about what lies outside the city walls. The Bassai elite claim there is nothing of interest. The city’s immigrants are sworn to secrecy. 

But when Danso stumbles across a warrior wielding magic that shouldn’t exist, he’s put on a collision course with Bassa’s darkest secrets. Drawn into the city’s hidden history, he sets out on a journey beyond its borders. And the chaos left in the wake of his discovery threatens to destroy the empire.

by Suyi Davies Okungbowa

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Suyi Davies Okungbowa is a Nigerian author of fantasy, science fiction and other speculative works inspired by his West-African origins. His latest novel, Son of the Storm (Orbit, May 2021) is first in the Nameless Republic epic fantasy trilogy. His debut, the godpunk fantasy novel David Mogo, Godhunter (Abaddon, 2019), won the 2020 Nommo Ilube Award for Best Speculative Fiction by an African, and was hailed by WIRED Magazine as “the subgenre’s platonic deific ideal.”

His shorter fiction and essays have appeared internationally in several periodicals and anthologies including Black Panther: Tales of Wakanda and Year’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy. He has taught writing at the University of Arizona as well as spoken and lectured at various venues in the US and beyond, including schools, conferences, conventions and other institutions.

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