Now we
rise.
Zélie
Adebola remembers when the soil of Orïsha hummed with magic. Burners ignited
flames, Tiders beckoned waves, and Zélie’s Reaper mother summoned forth souls.
But everything changed the night magic disappeared. Under the orders of a
ruthless king, maji were killed, leaving Zélie without a mother and her people
without hope.
Now Zélie has one chance to bring back magic and strike against the monarchy.
With the help of a rogue princess, Zélie must outwit and outrun the crown
prince, who is hell-bent on eradicating magic for good.
Danger lurks in Orïsha, where snow leoponaires prowl and vengeful spirits wait
in the waters. Yet the greatest danger may be Zélie herself as she struggles to
control her powers and her growing feelings for an enemy.
Now,
Zélie struggles to unite the maji in an Orïsha where the enemy is just as
powerful as they are. But when the monarchy and military unite to keep control
of Orïsha, Zélie must fight to secure Amari's right to the throne and protect
the new maji from the monarchy's wrath.
With civil war looming on the horizon, Zélie finds herself at a breaking point:
she must discover a way to bring the kingdom together or watch as Orïsha tears
itself apart.
Children of Virtue and Vengeance is
the stunning sequel to Tomi Adeyemi's New York Times bestselling
debut Children of Blood and Bone, the first title in her Legacy of
Orïsha trilogy.
When Zelie seized the royal palace that fateful night, she thought her battles had come to an end. The monarchy had finally fallen. The maji had risen again. Zélie never expected to find herself locked in a cage and trapped on a foreign ship. Now warriors with iron skulls traffic her and her people across the seas, far from their homeland.
Then everything changes when Zélie meets King Baldyr, her true captor, the ruler of the Skulls, and the man who has ravaged entire civilizations to find her. Baldyr’s quest to harness Zélie’s strength sends Zélie, Amari, and Tzain searching for allies in unknown lands.
But as Baldyr closes in, catastrophe charges Orïsha’s shores. It will take everything Zélie has to face her final enemy and save her people before the Skulls annihilate them for good.