In Tomi Adeyemi’s Children of Anguish and Anarchy, the final installment of the Legacy of Orïsha trilogy, the story begins in the immediate, harrowing aftermath of the civil war in Lagos. The kingdom of Orïsha has been decimated not by its own internal strife, but by a foreign invader known as the Skulls, a ruthless …
In Tomi Adeyemi’s Children of Virtue and Vengeance, the kingdom of Orïsha is thrust into a bloody civil war following the restoration of magic. The narrative picks up shortly after the centennial solstice ritual, exploring the devastating consequences of the returned power and the deep-seated trauma of its protagonists. The story is told through the …
In Tomi Adeyemi’s Children of Blood and Bone, the land of Orïsha is a kingdom fractured by a history of magic and a legacy of systematic oppression. Eleven years before the story begins, magic “died” in an event known as the Raid, during which King Saran ordered the slaughter of all adult maji while magic …