Sweeper Boy in the War of Ten Thousand Tribes
Chijioke, a powerless outsider trapped in a world ruled by ancient spirit languages, is forced to fight for the dying Umuola clan—a clan mocked, broken, and stripped of hope. As the beautiful sect leader Amaka shields him from certain death, Chijioke discovers a dangerous secret: the legendary magic language is actually his mother tongue. With everyone expecting him to fail, can the lowest nobody turn the tides of a war that will erase his new home forever?