A Song of Legends Lost

A relentlessly gripping, glorious epic fantasy - the exhilarating must-read fantasy debut of 2025

Tasha Suri, author of The Jasmine Throne

In the kingdom of Nine Lands, incursions by an ancient enemy are dealt with by the Invoker clans - warriors of noble blood who can summon their ancestors to fight with them in battle. But when Temi, a commoner from the slums, accidentally invokes a powerful spirit, she finds it could hold the key to ending this centuries-long war.

But as secrets long buried come to light, Temi will learn that not everything that can be invoked is an ancestor, and some of the spirits that can be drawn from the ancestral realm are more dangerous than anyone can imagine.

A Song of Legends Lost is stunning and vividly told . . . Ayinde is a master storyteller, and readers are in good hands from the very first pages to the very last

Andrea Stewart, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Bone Shard Daughter

A whirlwind debut of ferocious talent and compulsive storytelling that lifts you up from the first page and never lets go. It's joyous from end to end - and highly recommended!

Lavie Tidhar, World Fantasy Award-winning author