Children of Anguish and Anarchy
Published on 31. July 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
368 pages
978-1-5098-9943-2 (ISBN)
Description
The earth-shattering and magical epic finale to the Legacy of Orisha trilogy by bestselling author Tomi Adeyemi, soon to be a major movie starring Cynthia Erivo!
Readers are loving Children of Anguish and Anarchy:
'Love this series and highly recommend. I can't wait for the movie' - Reader review
'This book broke my heart and put it very slowly back together. I loved every heart-breaking moment and would suffer it all over again in a heartbeat' - Reader review
'My favorite book of the series . . . so hard to put down' - Reader review
New allies rise.
The Blood Moon nears.
Zelie faces her final enemy.
The king who hunts her heart.
When Zelie seized the royal palace that fateful night, she thought her battles had come to an end. The monarchy had finally fallen. The maji had risen again. Zelie never expected to find herself locked in a cage and trapped on a foreign ship. Now warriors with iron skulls traffic her and her people across the seas, far from their homeland.
Then everything changes when Zelie meets King Baldyr, her true captor and the man who has ravaged entire civilizations to find her. The ruler of the Skulls, Baldyr's quest to harness Zelie's strength sends Zelie, Amari, and Tzain searching for allies in foreign lands.
But as Baldyr closes in, catastrophe charges Orisha's shores. It will take everything Zelie has to face her final enemy and save her people before the Skulls annihilate them for good.
Readers are loving Children of Anguish and Anarchy:
'Love this series and highly recommend. I can't wait for the movie' - Reader review
'This book broke my heart and put it very slowly back together. I loved every heart-breaking moment and would suffer it all over again in a heartbeat' - Reader review
'My favorite book of the series . . . so hard to put down' - Reader review
New allies rise.
The Blood Moon nears.
Zelie faces her final enemy.
The king who hunts her heart.
When Zelie seized the royal palace that fateful night, she thought her battles had come to an end. The monarchy had finally fallen. The maji had risen again. Zelie never expected to find herself locked in a cage and trapped on a foreign ship. Now warriors with iron skulls traffic her and her people across the seas, far from their homeland.
Then everything changes when Zelie meets King Baldyr, her true captor and the man who has ravaged entire civilizations to find her. The ruler of the Skulls, Baldyr's quest to harness Zelie's strength sends Zelie, Amari, and Tzain searching for allies in foreign lands.
But as Baldyr closes in, catastrophe charges Orisha's shores. It will take everything Zelie has to face her final enemy and save her people before the Skulls annihilate them for good.
Reviews / Votes
Adeyemi's lush world-building and consummate plotting breathes new life into a YA fantasy epic. -- <i>The Observer</i> on <i>Children of Blood and Bone</i> Full of cinematic action sequences . . . it storms the boundaries of imagination. -- <i>The New York Times</i> on <i>Children of Blood and Bone</i> Adeyemi could write a hundred books in this series and keep us just as gripped as we were in the first instalment. Astonishing. -- Candice Carty-Williams, author of <i>Queenie</i>, on <i>Children of Virtue and Vengeance</i>More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Pan Macmillan
Target group
Young adult
Interest Age: From 12 years
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 197 mm
Width: 128 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
252 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5098-9943-2 (9781509899432)
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Tomi Adeyemi
Children of Anguish and Anarchy
The earth-shattering finale to the bestselling YA fantasy series
E-Book
06/2024
Macmillan
€14.49
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Person
Named one of TIME magazine's 100 most influential people, Tomi Adeyemi is a Hugo and Nebula Award-winning Nigerian-American writer and storyteller based in New York, NY. After graduating from Harvard University with an honors degree in English literature, she studied West African mythology, religion, and culture in Salvador, Brazil.
Her first novel, Children of Blood and Bone, debuted at #1 on the New York Times Bestseller list. Its highly anticipated sequel, Children of Virtue and Vengeance, also debuted at #1 on the New York Times Bestseller list. Tomi's Children of Blood and Bone trilogy is being developed into a feature film with Paramount Pictures. Tomi can be found teaching creative writing at The Writer's Roadmap.
In 2020, she was named one of Forbes 30 Under 30 in Media, and her website has been named one of the 101 best websites for writers by Writer's Digest.
Her first novel, Children of Blood and Bone, debuted at #1 on the New York Times Bestseller list. Its highly anticipated sequel, Children of Virtue and Vengeance, also debuted at #1 on the New York Times Bestseller list. Tomi's Children of Blood and Bone trilogy is being developed into a feature film with Paramount Pictures. Tomi can be found teaching creative writing at The Writer's Roadmap.
In 2020, she was named one of Forbes 30 Under 30 in Media, and her website has been named one of the 101 best websites for writers by Writer's Digest.