
Ọ̀KÀNRÀN: EARTH SCAVENGERS
Prince Atanda
Book’s Description
The fate of the world rests in the hands of a young man. His name is Igbayilola. The invisible son. The dying child of parents who have already lost too much. Centuries after a nuclear war reshaped the world, the Red Sport decides the fate of nations. Adulawo has always lost. When Dr.
Bran Oladapo flees the capital after discovering an ancient artifact called the Edun Ara, a power that could shape his country’s future or destroy the world a fourth time, he sets off a manhunt that will decide everything. His son Igbayilola is seventeen, dying, and invisible.
Hunted by the state, betrayed by allies, forced to watch his family fall one by one, he must become something more than a fugitive. He must become Òkànràn, a name given by the spirits of the coast, a shield for the forgotten, a fire that the slavers fear.
He must save the world by destroying what would collapse it. But in a world where survival means nothing, he must face Akeem, the ruthless Prime Admiral who will stop at nothing to weaponize the Edun Ara.
He must face the CES, the United Nations of this new world, who will stop at nothing to claim it. He must escape the Ọlọkọgbalasa Colonies, the space colonies that would destroy the earth before the Edun Ara ever does.
Òkànràn is a story of family and betrayal, of false gods and machines, of a boy who will save the world or decide to destroy it, because humanity never learns from a second chance.
African Science Fiction & Fantasy
March 28, 2026
English
778 Pages
2.9 MB
Customer Reviews
I finished this book at 2am. I meant to read one chapter. I could not stop. That is not something I say lightly. What you have written here is ambitious in a way that most first-time authors would be terrified to attempt. A post-post-apocalyptic African sci-fi epic spanning 770 pages, blending Yoruba cosmology, space colonies, genetic engineering, gladiatorial death sports, political intrigue, and the quiet grief of a family falling apart while the world burns. It should not work. It should collapse under its own weight. But somehow, for most of it, it holds. This is a perfect book. And it is a important book. And it is often a beautiful one.
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