Afro Samurai meets The Boondocks in this anime-inspired novel
The Sacred Order of Brotha Monks are nothing but a joke. All they do is meditate, spit rhymes, and trip over their du-rags. I never thought I would be here, asking them for help to exorcise this demon infecting me, but I would rather die trying to expel it than go out the same way as my old man.
Now I’m stuck training with the other apprentices and accompanying Brotha Huey on his errands. But when a giant rift opens at the summit, I’m tasked with protecting a bumbling monk down the mountain to retrieve resources and reinforcements—the same monk who might be the key to saving the world. If only we survive the night and all these demons chasing us.
This sucks, bro.
The third installment of the Champloo Mixes series is an Action Fantasy novel that is an homage to the anime, Afro Samurai. All works feature a feudal Japan-inspired setting that is rife with anachronisms. In the words of Samuel L. Jackson, “Is that a motherf—ing RPG?”
Tatiana Obey is a Locus-award nominated author who writes badass characters slaying dragons. She is the author of Bones to the Wind, a 2022 BBA Award Winner, and Sistah Samurai: A Champloo Novella, a 2023 Indie Ink Award Winner. She has published short stories in various anthologies, including FIYAH Literary Magazine and Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2025. She taught English in South Korea, studied abroad in Japan, and spent her debut year traveling the world. Learn more about her at www.tatianaobey.com.