Son of the Storm (2021)

Danso's curiosity about stories forbidden by Bassa's elite leads him towards a warrior whose magic should not exist. The journey makes control of knowledge part of the empire's power, so discovering the world also means questioning who described it. Okungbowa draws on precolonial West African empires to create an independent secondary world. Choose this adult trilogy opener for scholarship under pressure, with caste, exclusion and violent conquest shaping the adventure.