Namina Forna

A poderosa sequela da história de Deka, a rapariga de 16 anos que tem o poder de reconstruir o seu mundo – ou de o destruir! Passaram-se 6 meses desde que Deka libertou as deusas no antigo reino de Otera e descobriu quem ela realmente é… a guerra está a ser travada em todo o império, mas a verdadeira batalha está apenas a começar, pois uma força das trevas – um poder impiedoso – está a crescer, e Deka e o seu exército devem pará-lo. No entanto, segredos ocultos destruíram tudo o que Deka conhecia e com os seus próprios dons a mudarem, ela tem de perceber se tem a chave para salvar Otera… ou se é a sua maior ameaça.

Sixteen-year-old Deka lives in fear and anticipation of the blood ceremony that will determine whether she will become a member of her village. Already different from everyone else because of her unnatural intuition, Deka prays for red blood so she can finally feel like she belongs. But on the day of the ceremony, her blood runs gold, the color of impurity--and Deka knows she will face a consequence worse than death. Then a mysterious woman comes to her with a choice: stay in the village and submit to her fate, or leave to fight for the emperor in an army of girls just like her. They are called alaki--near-immortals with rare gifts. And they are the only ones who can stop the empire's greatest threat. Knowing the dangers that lie ahead yet yearning for acceptance, Deka decides to leave the only life she's ever known. But as she journeys to the capital to train for the biggest battle of her life, she will discover that the great walled city holds many surprises. Nothing and no one are quite what they seem to be--not even Deka herself. The start of a bold and immersive West African-inspired, feminist fantasy series for fans of Children of Blood and Bone and Black Panther. In this world, girls are outcasts by blood and warriors by choice.

The dazzling finale to the groundbreaking, New York Times bestselling Gilded Ones series. One girl holds the power to defeat the gods—but can she become one? Mere weeks after confronting the Gilded Ones—the false beings she once believed to be her family—Deka is on the hunt. In order to kill the gods, whose ravenous competition for power is bleeding Otera dry, she must uncover the source of her divinity. But with her mortal body on the verge of ruin, Deka is running out of time—to save herself and an empire that’s tearing itself apart at its seams. When Deka’s search leads her and her friends to the edge of the world as they know it, they discover an astonishing new realm, one which holds the key to Deka’s past. Yet it also illuminates a devastating decision she must soon make… Choose to be reborn as a god, losing everyone she loves in the process. Or bring about the end of the world.

It's been six months since Deka freed the goddesses in the ancient kingdom of Otera and discovered who she really is... but war is waging across the kingdom, and the real battle has only just begun. For there is a dark force growing in Otera—a merciless power that Deka and her army must stop. Yet hidden secrets threaten to destroy everything Deka has known. And with her own gifts changing, Deka must discover if she holds the key to saving Otera... or if she might be its greatest threat. The Merciless Ones is the second thrilling installment of the epic fantasy series in which a young heroine fights against a world that would dare tame her.

Somos raparigas ou somos demónios? Vamos morrer ou vamos sobreviver? Deka, de 16 anos, devido à sua intuição e natureza sente-se diferente e vive com medo do ritual do sangue, o qual irá determinar se pode ou não ser um membro da sua aldeia. Se o seu sangue correr vermelho, será aceite pela comunidade. Mas no dia da cerimónia o seu sangue revela ser dourado - a cor da impureza, de um demónio, e as consequências serão pior do que a morte. A jovem vê-se forçada a abandonar a aldeia onde sempre vivera na companhia de uma mulher misteriosa e a juntar-se a um exército de raparigas como ela - as alaki. Um grupo de raparigas quase imortais com dons raros e as únicas capazes de travar a maior ameaça do império. Mas, à medida que avança até à capital para treinar para a derradeira batalha, Deka descobre que a grande cidade murada encerra em si muitas surpresas. Nada nem ninguém é exatamente o que parece ser - nem mesmo Deka…