from The Book of Kings

Published in Spring 2024 Online Folio The following is an excerpt from The Book of Kings, a novel by Mahtem Shiferraw MAKEDA AXUM, 1370 B.C. The soldiers showed up unannounced, at the break of the night. They lurked quietly, shadows only at first, then lumps and lumps of them – their armors shimmering in the […]

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Published in Spring 2024 Online Folio The following is an excerpt from The Book of Kings, a novel by Mahtem Shiferraw MAKEDA AXUM, 1370 B.C. The soldiers showed up unannounced, at the break of the night. They lurked quietly, shadows only at first, then lumps and lumps of them – their armors shimmering in the