When The Mountains Rose Part 1: The Days of the Ancestors

Along the coast of nineteenth-century West Africa, the slave trader Nzatku has built an empire of fear. Though Britain has outlawed the trade, his ships still carry captives from Bimbia, and his hunters are pushing deeper into the highlands.

In the mountain kingdom of Obipto, Prince Anyang grows up among royal rivalries, ancestral rites and the traditions that bind his people together. When slave hunters threaten those he loves, he must endure loss and a demanding journey into the forest. He...