I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the THE ROYAL TRIALS (LAST GATE OF THE EMPEROR #2) by Kwame Mbalia & Prince Joel Makonnen Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway!
About The Book
Title: THE ROYAL TRIALS (LAST GATE OF THE EMPEROR #2)
Author: Kwame Mbalia & Prince Joel Makonnen
Pub. Date: July 19, 2022
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Formats: Hardcover, eBook, Audiobook
Pages: 272
Find it: Goodreads, Amazon, B&N, iBooks, Kobo, TBD, Bookshop.org
From Kwame Mbalia and Prince Joel David Makonnen comes an Afrofuturist adventure about a mythical Ethiopian empire. Sci-fi and fantasy combine in this epic journey to the stars.
Yared has traveled a long way to find his place in the universe. Light years, even. Though the battle of Addis Prime is over, the spacefaring Axum Empire is still fractured. The kingdom once gave their technology away free of charge, to better humankind. Now, having been missing for over a decade, they’re returning to the planet where their galaxy-spanning civilization began―Earth.
But they find the planet in disarray. Old Earth’s atmosphere is a mess of junked shuttles and satellites. This is especially true of Debris Town, an orbital flotilla where poor spacefarers―left to rot by the Intergalactic Union that rose up in Axum’s place―have taken to piracy to survive.
Yared is set to speak at the opening of the Royal Trials, a competition of the best exo pilots in the Sol System. But on the day of his speech, the pirates launch an attack!
The siege sets off a chain of events that will lead Yared into the depths of Old Earth―and the jaws of a cruel betrayal. There’s more to the pirates―and Debris Town―than anyone saw coming.
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About Kwame Mbalia
KWAME MBALIA is a husband, father, writer, a New York Times bestselling author, and a former pharmaceutical metrologist in that order. He is the author of Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky, a Coretta Scott King Honor book. He lives with his family in North Carolina. Visit him online at kwamembalia.com.
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About Prince Joel Makonnen
PRINCE JOEL MAKONNEN is the great-grandson of His Imperial Majesty Emperor Haile Selassie I, the last emperor of Ethiopia. He is an attorney and the co-founder of Old World/New World, a media and entertainment company focused on telling powerful African stories that inspire global audiences through film, TV and books. He lives with his wife, Ariana, in Los Angeles.
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Giveaway
1 winner will receive a finished copy of THE ROYAL TRIALS (LAST GATE OF THE EMPEROR #2), US Only.
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| 7/6/2022 | #BRVL Book Review Virginia Lee Blog | Excerpt |
| 7/7/2022 | Ya Books Central | Excerpt |
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| 7/11/2022 | @jaimerockstarbooktours | IG Post |
| 7/12/2022 | Little Red Reads | Review |
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| 7/14/2022 | Eye-Rolling Demigod’s Book Blog | Review/IG Post |
| 7/15/2022 | The Momma Spot | Review/IG Post |
| 7/16/2022 | Lifestyle of Me | Review |
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| 7/18/2022 | GryffindorBookishNerd | IG Review |
| 7/19/2022 | Locks, Hooks and Books | Review |
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