The Last Gate of the Emperor (Paperback)

Paperback. From Kwame Mbalia and Prince Joel David Makonnen comesan action-packed Afrofuturist adventure about a mythical Ethiopianempire. Sci-fi and fantasy combine in this epic journey to thestars. Yared Heywat lives an isolated life in Addis Prime- a hardscrabble city with rundown tech, lots of rules,and not much to do. His worrywart Uncle Moti and bionic lionessBesa are his only family. and his only friends.Often in trouble for his thrill-seeking antics and smart mouth,those same qualities make Yared a star player of the undergroundaugmented reality game, The Hunt for Kaleb's Obelisk. Butwhen a change in the game rules prompts Yared to log in with hisreal name, it triggers an attack that rocks the city.In the chaos, Uncle Moti disappears.Suddenly, all the stories Yared's uncle told him as a young boyare coming to life, of kingdoms in the sky andcity-razing monsters. And somehow Yared is at thecentre of them.Together with Besa and the Ibis - a game rival turned reluctantally - Yared must search for his uncle. and answers to his placein a forgotten, galaxy-spanning war. An action-packed Afrofuturist adventure about a mythical Ethiopianempire. Yared Heywat lives an isolated life in Addis Prime. Heis a star player of the underground augmented reality game, The Huntfor Kaleb's Obelisk. But when a change in the game rules promptsYared to log in with his real name, it triggers an attack thatrocks the city. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.