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Waking the Warriors
Waking the Warriors
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Ben Okri (author)
When the world ends, only the underground mysteries will save us.
A great wall is rising on the horizon and a foreign army is massing on the borders of the small country of Nevereach. As invaders prepare to smash the last of the resistance, three unlikely heroes emerge from the exhausted populace.
Mel, Rosa and Apibus, driven by the loss of loved ones, inspired by old stories and guided by a mysterious star, set out to save their world by rousing the sleeping warriors. But before they can do that, they must find the witch who alone knows how to wake these mythical figures.
Travelling across a perilous landscape, encountering challenge after challenge, this could be called a cautionary tale for the three, and the reader, but it's more than that - it's a journey, a revelation and an inspiration.
Ben Okri was born in Minna, Nigeria. His childhood was divided between Nigeria, where he saw first-hand the consequences of war, and London. He is a poet, novelist, essayist, short story writer, anthologist, aphorist, and playwright. He has also written film scripts. His works have won numerous national and international prizes, including the Booker Prize for The Famished Road, which is part of a trilogy.
He was a Fellow Commoner in the Creative Arts at Trinity College, Cambridge and is a recipient of many honorary doctorates. He is an Honorary Fellow of Mansfield College, Oxford, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and a vice-president of the English Centre of International PEN.
In 2019, his novel Astonishing the Gods was named as one of the BBC‘s 100 Novels that Shaped Our World. In 2023 he was knighted for services to literature.
Publisher : Apollo
Publication date : July 2026
Print length : 288 pages
ISBN: 9781035923373
Item weight : 460 g
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