SFF

At the Fount of Creation

by Tobi Ogundiran
Tor.com. (Guardians of the Gods, Bk. 2). Jan. 2025. 224p. ISBN 9781250908032. $21.99. FANTASY
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Ashâke has become the literal “Guardian of the Gods” in this follow-up to In the Shadow of the Fall, and she’s failing. Her gods are never satisfied, the people who once believed in them have turned away, and Ashâke has nowhere left to run. Everything leads to one last stand—Ashâke and her gods against a charismatic teacher who has been plotting their deaths for centuries—while a trickster waits in the wings and laughs. But that truth sets Ashâke free to finally become the guardian she was always meant to be, even if the cost has been unconscionably high for her people and for her most of all.
VERDICT Readers still reeling from the plummet off the edge of the cliff-hanger ending of the first book will be desperate to get their hands on this epic conclusion to the “Guardians of the Gods” duology, while those who have loved the African-inspired epic stories of lies, secrets, and powerful tricksters found in the works of Moses Ose Utomi and Nnedi Okorafor will be thrilled to add Ogundiran to their lists of must-reads.
Reviewed by Marlene Harris , Oct 01, 2024
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