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The Womb Of Inana
The first book in the epic Sci-Fi Fantasy Ages of Atalay!
Even though every strand of his ancient DNA was carefully crafted for godhood, Prince N’damu Atalay felt typical at best.
Circling the Second Sun, humanity’s greatest dynasty teeters on the brink of collapse as the mantle of king soon passes to the young and uncertain prince. In the shadow of his proud father, a decorated hero-king, N’damu must overcome the dangerous trials of ascension their ageless civilization demands. Crippled by self-doubt, he must embark on a spiritual quest to commune with the planet and bring clarity to his destiny.
Besieged by betrayal and heart-stricken by forbidden love, N’damu is forced to tame the wild beasts of his homeworld and prove worthy of his people’s faith. Power-hungry usurpers crawl out of the shadows to rise against Atalay in their time of vulnerability, forcing the prince to choose between wisdom and legacy—exception and tradition. All his life, he’d been told the power of his ancestors flowed through his veins, but will he find it when humanity needs him most?
Even though every strand of his ancient DNA was carefully crafted for godhood, Prince N’damu Atalay felt typical at best.
Circling the Second Sun, humanity’s greatest dynasty teeters on the brink of collapse as the mantle of king soon passes to the young and uncertain prince. In the shadow of his proud father, a decorated hero-king, N’damu must overcome the dangerous trials of ascension their ageless civilization demands. Crippled by self-doubt, he must embark on a spiritual quest to commune with the planet and bring clarity to his destiny.
Besieged by betrayal and heart-stricken by forbidden love, N’damu is forced to tame the wild beasts of his homeworld and prove worthy of his people’s faith. Power-hungry usurpers crawl out of the shadows to rise against Atalay in their time of vulnerability, forcing the prince to choose between wisdom and legacy—exception and tradition. All his life, he’d been told the power of his ancestors flowed through his veins, but will he find it when humanity needs him most?
413 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 20, 2023
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November 28, 2023
The good
A cool and interesting debut scifi fantasy with strong Black Panther-vibes, complete with spear-wielding royal bodyguards, tech and tradition going hand in hand and a prince needing to unlock his power to take over the role as king.
The story is action-packed and filled with political intrigue and betrayal. The author has managed to create a host of fascinating creatures, powers, tribes and unexpected threats like tech blackout and radiation caused by coronal mass ejection, and crafted a tight and complex narrative.
The less good
Here are the reasons the book doesn't get a full score form me:
- The fight scenes are too coreographed! I feel like the author has a very clear vision of what the fights should look like (especially if the book were to be turned into a movie), and thus goes into way too much detail when writing them - I mean, people are vaulting into handstands, somersaulting, dodging by going into splits, helicopter-kicking, spin-kicking etc all while in armour and it just comes off as a little try-hard.
- The plot and pacing gets a little messy near the end.
- The world-building is a little vague, especially the religious aspects.
- Skin colors are described using food analogies, which - to me- tastes of colonialism and feels a little fetishizing.
- Oversexualization of teenage girls. A 13 year old girl refers to herself as an 'adolescent woman' and later willingly enters into a very predatory relationship with a 26 year old man - this personally gave me major icks.
A cool and interesting debut scifi fantasy with strong Black Panther-vibes, complete with spear-wielding royal bodyguards, tech and tradition going hand in hand and a prince needing to unlock his power to take over the role as king.
The story is action-packed and filled with political intrigue and betrayal. The author has managed to create a host of fascinating creatures, powers, tribes and unexpected threats like tech blackout and radiation caused by coronal mass ejection, and crafted a tight and complex narrative.
The less good
Here are the reasons the book doesn't get a full score form me:
- The fight scenes are too coreographed! I feel like the author has a very clear vision of what the fights should look like (especially if the book were to be turned into a movie), and thus goes into way too much detail when writing them - I mean, people are vaulting into handstands, somersaulting, dodging by going into splits, helicopter-kicking, spin-kicking etc all while in armour and it just comes off as a little try-hard.
- The plot and pacing gets a little messy near the end.
- The world-building is a little vague, especially the religious aspects.
- Skin colors are described using food analogies, which - to me- tastes of colonialism and feels a little fetishizing.
- Oversexualization of teenage girls. A 13 year old girl refers to herself as an 'adolescent woman' and later willingly enters into a very predatory relationship with a 26 year old man - this personally gave me major icks.
May 5, 2025
From beasts to betrayals, the book doesn’t hold back on action. It’s cinematic and visceral with high stakes from start to finish.
November 22, 2024
an instant Sci-fi/future fantasy masterpiece
I first picked this book up thinking it was going to a fantasy set in Africa on earth, but I was way off. It’s not on Africa, or even on earth, it takes place on Atalay, a super earth similar to the likes of Kepler 22b, where the remnants of humanity have settled in the midst of a futuristic dark ages.
Reading this book to myself like reading a cyberpunk thriller crossed between something in the vein of Avatar from James Cameron and Wakanda Forever (only without all the Disney crap and lightheartedness.) speaking of lightheartedness, THIS IS NOT, a light hearted book for children as the innocuous book cover may suggest. This is a full-on balls-to-the-wall adult book complete with gore, war, blow jobs, sex, and decapitation. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not all about that. This is a high tech world with well researched physics, technology, and astrophysics. North did an excellent job in his research and it shines through in all of the thoughtful little details and descriptions in this book.
We also see the full gambit of human emotion on display as power plays are made for the gains of benefactors, and the main characters are put into terrible situations. This was like post-earth, future-tech Game of Thrones! I was blown away by this book. 5 of 5 stars. It should be a series on HBO Max. Go read it!
I first picked this book up thinking it was going to a fantasy set in Africa on earth, but I was way off. It’s not on Africa, or even on earth, it takes place on Atalay, a super earth similar to the likes of Kepler 22b, where the remnants of humanity have settled in the midst of a futuristic dark ages.
Reading this book to myself like reading a cyberpunk thriller crossed between something in the vein of Avatar from James Cameron and Wakanda Forever (only without all the Disney crap and lightheartedness.) speaking of lightheartedness, THIS IS NOT, a light hearted book for children as the innocuous book cover may suggest. This is a full-on balls-to-the-wall adult book complete with gore, war, blow jobs, sex, and decapitation. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not all about that. This is a high tech world with well researched physics, technology, and astrophysics. North did an excellent job in his research and it shines through in all of the thoughtful little details and descriptions in this book.
We also see the full gambit of human emotion on display as power plays are made for the gains of benefactors, and the main characters are put into terrible situations. This was like post-earth, future-tech Game of Thrones! I was blown away by this book. 5 of 5 stars. It should be a series on HBO Max. Go read it!
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