Amanse
In a land where gods once walked and shadows now hunt, a forgotten boy awakens to a destiny carved in flame.
Amanse has always been different. Stuttering, ridiculed, and abandoned as a child with no name and no past, he’s spent his life hiding in the cracks of the kingdom of Amaaku—just another ghost in a land unraveling. But when a whisper in the wind calls his name, and strange visions of burning skies and bleeding stars begin to haunt his dreams, Amanse finds himself drawn into something far greater than he can understand.
The kingdom of Amaaku is dying. Besieged by cursed forests that breathe, ancient warrior clans hungry for blood, and oceans murmuring with the voices of the drowned, the realm teeters on the edge of chaos. But the true threat stirs deeper—older than kings, older than gods—a darkness buried beneath time itself.
The gods, once silent, have begun to move. Some have chosen to watch. Others to fight. And a few… have chosen to break the very laws of heaven. Among them, the goddess Ala marks Amanse, not as a warrior or a king, but as something far more dangerous: a bridge between worlds, a spark meant to ignite an ancient fire.
Thrown into the mythical Furnace of Gods, a realm between life and eternity, Amanse is trained by the Alusi—celestial beings with powers rooted in forgotten truths. There, he must face the trauma of his past, the betrayal that shattered his childhood, and the fire that has always lived within him, waiting to be named.
But Amanse is not alone. Whispers tell of others—six chosen souls bound by fate: a warlock cursed by love, a seer tormented by what she cannot un-see, a child born with no shadow, a warrior who remembers dying, a goddess hiding in human skin, and a lost heir whose throne was stolen before his first breath.
Together, their fates are tied to the bloodline of gods, and to a prophecy long buried under war and silence. As the skies begin to bleed and the sacred mountain Oke Nwanyi calls, Amanse must journey to reclaim his true name, unlock the fire within, and face a choice that could save or shatter the world.
But the Darkness already knows who he is.
And it's coming.
Amanse: The Fire of Amaaku is the first installment in a sweeping epic fantasy rooted in rich Igbo mythology—where gods bleed, mortals rise, and destiny is not inherited, but earned in flame, faith, and fury.
