SuitabookPower and responsibility
Kayode takes a forbidden fruit to gain power and confront the gods, despite the danger that such attempts may end in death.
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Ashley Thorpe - Author
A high-stakes myth-inspired adventure about rescuing a sister and confronting powerful gods. It offers determined protagonists, alliances between unusual characters, imaginative battles and a story shaped by African and Caribbean cultural and spiritual influences.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceA high-stakes myth-inspired adventure about rescuing a sister and confronting powerful gods. It offers determined protagonists, alliances between unusual characters, imaginative battles and a story shaped by African and Caribbean cultural and spiritual influences.
Kayode takes a forbidden fruit to gain power and confront the gods, despite the danger that such attempts may end in death.
Kayode seeks to free his people and end a cycle of terror and human sacrifice imposed by powerful Orishas.
Kayode joins a shapeshifting trickster god and a vengeful princess while attempting to save his sister.
The book includes a sister being snatched, gods associated with destruction and human flesh, dangerous attempts to gain power, human sacrifice, frightening powers and imaginative battle scenes.
This is a grounded book brief while Suitabook strengthens the analysis: some draft conclusions still depend on unresolved evidence.
The Boy to Beat the Gods - Ashley Thorpe - Google Books
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The Boy to Beat the Gods - Ashley Thorpe - Google Books
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