Son of the Storm
The Nameless Republic Series, Book 1
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Starred review from May 1, 2021
The Bassani Empire is dying, but its citizens have been brainwashed for centuries to believe that their empire is so mighty that it could never fall. A threat to their power arises, in the form of a young scholar who cannot restrain his curiosity about a woman with magical power whose existence flies in the face of all his teachings. He is exiled and pursued to corners of the known world, only to learn that nothing he believed he knew bears much resemblance to any truth. The collision course of the characters, on their separate paths, sets them on roads that lead to power and destruction. This story has its roots in West African history and mythology, to which Okungbowa adds a coming-of-age odyssey. VERDICT Highly recommended for fans of epic fantasy based on non-European mythologies, like The Black Sun, by Rebecca Roanhorse; readers who enjoy protagonists on troubled journeys, like in Jenn Lyons's The House of Always; or anyone who likes to chew on stories with complex shenanigans.--Marlene Harris, Reading Reality, LLC, Duluth, GA
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May 1, 2021
Scholar Danso stumbles on a mysterious codex that holds the secret of ibor, a mineral that allows some users to wield powerful magic of possession, elemental control, and more. But despite his attempts to copy and study the codex, he is swiftly silenced by the leadership of the great city of Bassa. He finds that he can't let his questions go, even as the harsh social and familial norms of his world weigh him down. So when Lilong, a skin-changing warrior from the Nameless Islands, appears injured and hiding in his barn, Danso begins to wonder just how much Bassa's elite are hiding. The pacing of Okungbowa's novel can be shaky, the narrative slowing much more than it has to. But Son of the Storm has a strong core in its vivid world building of ibor, magic, and folkloric creatures. Most of all, the story is powered forward through Esheme, Danso's intended, a calculating, cold woman with a fierce thirst for power, and her meteoric rise that begins when she discovers the secrets of ibor.
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