Redemptor
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| Author | Jordan Ifueko |
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| Language | English |
| Series | Raybearer #2 |
| Genres | Young adult, Fantasy |
| Publisher | Abrams Books |
Publication date | August 27, 2021 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Preceded by | Raybearer |
Redemptor is a 2021 young adult fantasy novel by Nigerian American writer Jordan Ifueko,[1][2] published on August 17, 2021, by Abrams Books.[3]
It is the sequel to Raybearer and the last book in the Raybearer duology.
Following the events of the previous book, Empress Tarisai forms her own council of eleven connected by the Ray and works as the High Lady Judge alongside Emperor Ekundayo while also trying to fulfill her promise of sacrificing herself to the Abiku by going to the Underworld to stop the death of 200 Redemptors as the Ojiji, spirits of dead Redemptor children begin to haunt her.
Meanwhile, an activist called the Crocodile is turning the mind of peasants and miners away from the empire's noble class, which has thus far abused their authority under the empire. Tarisai must fight to rectify the past crimes of the empire while retaining her sanity.