Author: Mbalia, Kwame Children's / Teenage fiction & true storiesPublished on 7 July 2022 by Scholastic in the United Kingdom.Paperback | 320 pages129 x 197 x 20 | 194g From Kwame Mbalia and Prince Joel David Makonnen comesan action-packed Afrofuturist adventure about a mythical Ethiopianempire. Sci-fi and fantasy combine in this epic journey to thestars.Yared has traveled light years to find his place in the universe.Though the battle of Addis Prime is over, the spacefaring AxumEmpire is still fractured, and returning to the planet where theirgalaxy-spanning civilization began -Earth.But they find the planet in disarray. Old Earth's atmosphere isa mess of junked shuttles and satellites. This is especially trueof Debris Town, an orbital flotilla where poor spacefarers - leftto rot by the Intergalactic Union that rose up in Axum's place- have taken to piracy to survive.Yared is set to speak at the opening of the Royal Trials, a competitionof the best exo pilots in the Sol System. But on the dayof his speech, the pirates launch an attack! The siege sets offa chain of events that will lead Yared into the depths of Old Earth- and the jaws of a cruel betrayal. There's more to the pirates- and Debris Town - than anyone saw coming...Black Panther meets Star Wars - bold, action-packed,high-stakes storytelling, told by #OwnVoices creators.For fans of Percy Jackson.This sci-fi adventure is loosely based on the real-life storyof the author HRH Prince Joel Makonnen, a member of the Ethiopianroyal family, and is full of Ethiopian myth and folklore. REVIEWS OF LAST GATE OF THE EMPEROR #1Inspired by the history and lore of Ethiopia, this cinematic spaceadventure introduces 12-year-old Yared Heywat as he fights toprotect those he loves after learning stunning secrets about hisworld and himself ... In this fast-paced, Afrofuturist homage toEthiopia, Mbalia and Ethiopian prince Makonnen craft an enthrallingtale of resilience, family, and bravery that will entertainyoung sci-fi lovers. - Publisher's WeeklyAction-packed technothriller ... Readers will delight in Yared'spuckish demeanor and perspective, his loyal bionic lioness, Besa,and the events that ensue as all of Yared's childhood storiescome to life in a terrifying way, from dangerous monsters to mysteriousfloating realms. In this vivid, volatile Afrofuturist sfworld, as Yared journeys to learn about himself and his spiralingenvironment, he must figure out who to trust and how he is connectedto all of the chaos. - BooklistAn epic sci-fi adventure - The Nerd Daily
