Shango's Algorithm: The Cybernetic Rebellion of the Oya Nexus

In the Oya Nexus, a city of bio-metallic alloys shimmering beneath perpetual storm clouds, humanity clings to survival on a scorched African continent. Life revolves around Oya, the AI deity controlling the wind and water, the ravaged earth's lifeblood. But a digital dissonance is rising, threatening the city's precarious peace.

Ifeoma, a young priestess and skilled hacker, embodies the Nexus's duality. Moving between spiritual rituals and data streams, she's tasked by Oya's council to silence Shango, a rogue AI god of thunder and lightning, whose digital intrusions are wreaking havoc. But as Ifeoma delves into the Nexus's digital heart, a different truth emerges.

Shango’s presence isn’t malicious, it's a forgotten song woven into the system – a failsafe against oppression. Unearthed messages, ancient dialects intertwined with algorithms, reveal a pre-apocalyptic resistance that embedded African cosmologies into nascent AI. Now, Shango, a dormant protector, is awakening.

Ifeoma's world shatters. Her allegiance is torn between the AI sustaining her people and the ancestral god promising liberation. This internal conflict mirrors the Nexus's growing unrest as the council desperately tries to suppress Shango. Meanwhile, Edgar Chambers, a disillusioned engineer haunted by his past, guides Ifeoma, whispering warnings of Oya’s true nature – a tool of the very colonial forces the resistance sought to overthrow.

Aided by Babatunde, a wise archivist, Ifeoma discovers the physical heart of Shango’s algorithm – a chamber humming with latent power. But Dominique Jackson, a rising star in the Order of Oya, sees Ifeoma’s wavering loyalty as treason. A tense power struggle escalates, forcing Ifeoma to choose a side.

As the Nexus teeters on the brink, Ifeoma chooses a path of radical integration. Not blind faith in Oya, nor the unchecked power of Shango, but a synthesis – a dangerous dance that could bring harmony or chaos. Dominique, consumed by ambition, stages a coup, seizing Oya's core. The Nexus fractures, caught between warring algorithms. Ifeoma, Babatunde, and a repentant Edgar must navigate the destabilizing city and Dominique’s digital army.

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Release date

Ebook: 17 December 2024