Never make a deal with a deity. Promises with one are impossible to keep.
Welcome to one of the July 11th stops on the blog tour for The Windweaver’s Storm & The Gatekeeper’s Staff by Antoine Bandele, organized by Silver Dagger Book Tours (schedule linked.) Be sure to follow the rest of the tour for spotlights, reviews, and a giveaway! More on that at the end of this post.
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About the Books
The Windweaver’s Storm: An Old Gods Story
TJ Young & The Orishas Book Two
by Antoine Bandele
Published 19 June 2022
Bandele Books
Genre: YA Fantasy
Page Count: 538
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Never make a deal with a deity.
Promises with one are impossible to keep.
TJ Young spent last summer fighting to unlock the secrets behind his sister’s mysterious death but found himself battling the magic of the ancient Orishas instead. And some of the answers he sought came with a promise he may not be able to keep: to dismantle new human construction on the coastline of Lagos, Nigeria by the start of spring.
But how does a teenager do away with decades of infrastructure in only half a year
He’ll need to enlist the help of new allies, mortal and immortal alike. And thankfully, after surviving the grueling magical curriculum of Camp Olosa, he’s now headed to the most prestigious magic school in West Africa: Ifa Academy for Tomorrow’s Diviners
But will that be enough as he prepares for what can only end in an all-out war between mortals and gods
Find out in this young adult fantasy based on the mythology of West Africa, where TJ will encounter forgotten tales, mystical realms lost to time, and the ancient secrets of the Orishas.
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The Gatekeeper’s Staff
TJ Young & The Orishas Book One
by Antoine Bandele
Publishing 19 June 2021
Bandele Books
Genre: YA Fantasy
Page Count: 461
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TJ Young has been surrounded by magic his entire life, yet he has never tapped into it… until now.
Fourteen-year-old TJ grew up normal in a secret community of gifted diviners in the heart of modern-day Los Angeles. His powerful sister was ordained to lead his people into a new age of prosperity, but her mysterious death in Nigeria threatens to destroy the very foundations of TJ’s world.
Desperate to pick up where his sister left off and uncover the secrets behind her questionable death, TJ commits himself to unlocking the magical heritage that has always eluded him. So he enrolls in Camp Olosa—a remedial magic school for the divinely less-than-gifted in the humid swamps of New Orleans.
But little does he know, TJ is destined to cross paths with powerful spirits of old thought lost to time: the orishas.
Delve into this young adult fantasy based on the mythology of the West African Orishas, where TJ will encounter unlikely allies, tough-as-gatorhide instructors, and the ancient secrets of the orishas.
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About the Author
Antoine Bandele is an Amazon bestselling author in African literature.
He lives in Los Angeles, CA with his girlfriend, where he produces work on YouTube for his own channel and others, such as JustKiddingFilms, Fanalysis, and more. During the summer he is a camp counselor. Whenever he has the time he’s writing his debut series: Tales from Esowon.
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I love the cover art and synopses, this sounds like an epic series and I am looking forward to reading these stories. Thank you for sharing the author’s bio and books’ details
Thanks for the great blurb! The book sounds very exciting. I know my granddaughter would love it. And the cover–fantastic.