BLOOD RUN Jack Carter was once one of America's most dangerous CIA operatives. After a secret mission went wrong, he was declared dead and forgotten by the country he had sworn to protect. Three years later, Jack returns with classified evidence that could expose a deadly conspiracy buried deep within the American government. As powerful politicians, corrupt intelligence officers, and a mysterious secret organization hunt him down, Jack must uncover the truth before a devastating plan known as Protocol Blackout plunges America into chaos. But his greatest enemy may be the man he once trusted most—a former teammate who believes Jack betrayed him. With Washington against him and nowhere left to hide, Jack must fight to expose the truth, survive the hunt, and discover why he was meant to die.

She grew up believing her father was dead. But after her mother's mysterious death, a shocking discovery changed everything she thought she knew about her family.At just 17 years old, Amara discovers a hidden key, a mysterious photograph, and a letter that leads her to Lagos in search of her father.But the truth is more dangerous than she ever imagined.A powerful chief is determined to keep a dark secret buried, and Amara may be the only person who can expose him.When she finally meets her father, he reveals a secret that leaves her questioning her entire identity.

She can hear what people really think, but every thought costs her a piece of her soul. Aisha is 13 and invisible. In her house in Barnawa, Kaduna, everyone loves Sadiq who gets A in school, and baby Fatima who everyone calls Angel. Nobody hears Aisha, who writes stories under the mango tree. Until her grandmother Kakuri dies and leaves her a black bracelet. Baƙin Mundaye. It is not jewelry. It is 100 years old, from a river spirit in Zaria. When Aisha wears it, she can hear people's true thoughts. Her mother saying "delicious kosai" but thinking "it's burnt." Her father shouting "who stole my money?" but thinking "I used it myself." Her crush Khalid saying "what are you writing?" but thinking "I like quiet girls." At first, it feels like power. Finally, someone listens to her — because she hears what no one says. But Kakuri left a warning letter: _"Use it once a day only. Never wear it to sleep. And if it turns red, throw it into the river immediately." Aisha uses it three times a day. And the bracelet starts turning red. Now it is hungry. It eats her happiness with every thought. Soon she hears thoughts even without wearing it. Soon she hears jinn. And an old woman with one black eye and one white eye appears at her gate — Kakuri's 100-year-old sister — saying: "That bracelet was mine. You must return it to the river before it turns fully red, or it will never leave your wrist." Aisha must go to Zaria, to the river that hears thoughts, before she goes mad like Kakuri's other sister who jumped into the river.

She was born with grey eyes — a curse in the kingdom of Zazzau. Rejected by her father the Emir, raised in exile at the edge of the cursed forest. But when drought and war bring the kingdom to its knees, only the cursed daughter can save the throne that rejected her.*LONG DESCRIPTION (Main Description for Stary):*In the ancient kingdom of Zazzau, a child is a blessing. A son is power.For twelve years, Emir Muhammadu prays for a son to secure his stool. His youngest wife, Laraba, finally carries his child — the whole palace waits.But on a night of a red moon, she gives birth not to a son, but to a daughter.And not just any daughter — a child with grey eyes. Eyes like the spirits of the forest.In Zazzau, grey eyes mean one thing: CURSE.The Emir banishes them. Mother and child are sent to live beyond the walls, at the edge of the forbidden forest where no one dares to go.Twenty years pass.Zainabu grows up not as a princess, but as a forest girl. She learns the language of herbs from old Binta the midwife, the whispers of the jinns from the wind, and the wisdom of her mother who was once a queen.Meanwhile in the palace, the Emir's sons are weak. A great drought dries the wells. A neighboring kingdom threatens war. The royal oracle enters the shrine and says the words that shake the palace:*"The throne will not stand until the grey-eyed daughter returns."*Now Zainabu must return to the palace that called her a curse. To face a father who never wanted her, step-mothers who want her dead, and a kingdom that fears her eyes.They rejected her as a baby. Now they need her as a queen.Will she save the people who abandoned her? Or will she let Zazzau fall?*A powerful Hausa traditional tale of destiny, rejection, forgiveness, royalty, and a girl who was never supposed to be queen.*No billionaire. No city romance. Just pure traditional blood, culture, and destiny.