Fiction

Raised in a small village in Eastern Kenya, Judith is determined to escape her tumultuous childhood. At 29, the firstborn daughter of a retired cotton refinery worker in Mbeere, joins the ranks of the Nairobi City office executives and imagines she has succeeded in her mission.

She returns to the village for her mother’s funeral and meets a mysterious stranger. Jeffari is a man on a mission. She is his mark, too busy trying to smash the glass ceiling to notice him leading her to the core of East Africa’s largest terrorism network.

When Oma and Ikhide planned to wait two years after getting married before starting a family, nothing prepared them for a journey through years of infertility. As one attempt after another to find a solution to their infertility failed, Oma would remember a prophecy that was given before they married, warning her of the struggles ahead. Did she make the right decision to disregard that prophecy?

As the years passed, Oma struggled with depression as her body failed to perform one of the most important tasks it was created for. Inspired by true events, Oma’s Seed highlights the trials and temptations couples dealing with infertility struggle with, some of which are motivated by desperation.

From beloved actor and producer Omar Epps and writer Clarence A. Haynes comes the biggest epic fantasy of the year. A powerful saga of three teens, the children of refugees from a fallen African utopia, who must navigate their newfound powers in a climate-ravaged New York City. Perfect for fans of Black Panther and Children of Blood and Bone.

For Zuberi, Uzochi, and Lencho, Nubia is a mystery. Before they were born, a massive storm destroyed their ancestral homeland, forcing their families to flee across the ocean to New York City. Nubia, a utopic island nation off the coast of West Africa, was no more, and their parents’ sorrow was too deep for them to share much of their history beyond the folklore.

But New York, ravaged by climate change and class division, is far from a safe haven for refugees, and Nubians live as outcasts, struggling to survive in the constantly flooding lower half of Manhattan, while the rich thrive in the tech-driven sky city known as the Up High.

To many, being Nubian means you’re fated for a life plagued by difficulties and disrespect. But Zuberi, Uzochi, and Lencho are beginning to feel there might be more. Something within them is changing, giving each of them extraordinary powers. Extraordinary and terrifying powers that seem to be tied to the secrets their parents have kept from them.