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The Smoke That Thunders
Additional information
| Author | Erhu Kome |
|---|---|
| Release Date | April 9, 2024 |
| Genre | YA – Fantasy |
| Publisher | Norton Young Readers |
Description
From a debut Nigerian author: a spectacular young adult fantasy rooted in West African mythology and brimming with adventure.
All sixteen-year-old Naborhi dreams of is sailing the seas. Instead, she feels suffocated, her life already laid out: she’ll have her rite of passage and spend her life bound to her house, husband, and children.
Then Naborhi begins having strange dreams and finds a mysterious animal that becomes instantly bonded to her. When she meets Atai, the son of an Oracle from a rival kingdom, she learns that she is being guided by the gods. She and Atai journey to find the boy Naborhi is dreaming of, but when that boy turns out to be a kidnapped prince, Naborhi realizes there is more than just her freedom at stake: she must stop a war that has already been set in motion.
Woven through with Urhobo and West African folklore and mythology, The Smoke That Thunders is a gripping young adult fantasy that heralds the arrival of a powerhouse debut author.
About the Author
E
rhu Kome comes from the Urhobo tribe and grew up in the great city of Benin, so you could say she has eaten and knows how to cook some of the most delicious foods in the world.
She writes stories filled with magic and sometimes a few stories without magic, which in its own way is sort of magical.
She is particularly proud to be the first Nigerian female author of bizarro fiction which was shortlisted for the Nommo awards for best novella.
She is always looking for the next anime to watch and books that are a little bit odd to read.
She is represented by the Accord Literary Agency.
