One signal. Sixty-two believers. A franchise foundation.

Most debut authors don’t get a proof of business. We did. Sixty-two readers pledged $15,122 against a $11,250 goal — and two of them increased their own pledges mid-campaign to push us past the line.

That isn’t just a Kickstarter result. It’s evidence of an audience that has been waiting for this story. Afro-futurism, Yoruba mythology, and anime-inspired storytelling for mature readers — a market that doesn’t have enough work in it, and which our 62 first backers are already telling us is real.

A military notification. A vacant throne.
A war for the Palace.

Dallas. Just after dawn. Marcos Jackson rises from a stranger’s house with one notification on his phone — and walks toward a future he has not yet imagined.

What follows: an underground training compound known as the Infinite Fate Advisor (IFA), ten brutal months of instruction, a brotherhood of Ascendants genetically linked to an ancient African tribe, and a 300-year leap forward into a reclaimed Yorubaland where the Oyo Empire’s throne sits vacant and an ash-virus pandemic threatens those who cannot harness áshe.

Marcos discovers he is more than a recruit. He is the vessel for the Orisha of Thunder, Lightning, and Fire. The ascension tournament for the empty palace is a battle royale fought as mortals. The elder Orishas have awoken. And the law of Yorubaland has been broken.

“What you learn here will change you forever.
You will become both their greatest champion and opponent.”

— Ebro, Apex Orisha

Squad Seven and the powers you helped bring to the page.

Seven characters were built before launch — abilities classified, ranks assigned, light-and-dark profiles drawn. Your support brings them to full illustration, audiobook performance, and the visual treatment that turns a manuscript into a world.

Two backers turned good into great.

The campaign would have crossed the goal regardless. But it crossed at 134% because, in the final stretch, two patron-tier backers chose to raise their own pledges — without being asked.

What ten readers said about it.

Early readers — friends, strangers, peers — sat down on camera to talk about Orishas in their own words. Ten short videos. Real reactions. No script.

See all ten testimonials on YouTube →

The OOTP arc, on schedule.

One campaign funded. A book in production. An anime pilot on the horizon. A gaming demo in development. A second installment in the manuscript. The Yorubaland universe is being built in public.