"BEYOND: The Door of No Return"

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They came from the sea. She saw them in her dreams. Senegal, 1501. Dembe—seer, chieftain, and keeper of his people’s oldest traditions—begins to feel the spirits shifting. He sees the blood-soaked sands of Gorée Island and the rise of something monstrous: men with pale faces, smoke-belching weapons, and an insatiable hunger for flesh and power. Dembe believes he can protect them. But what if the real battle is not just against invaders—but time itself? As war drums echo and boats breach the shore, Dembe must call on the ancestors in a desperate act of resistance that will ripple through generations. From sacred forest altars to the Door of No Return, this is the beginning of a genocide—and a spark of memory that will travel across oceans and centuries to reach one boy: Charaima, born of salt, fire, and truth. Beyond—The Door of No Return is a haunting historical fiction novella that blends spiritual prophecy, emotional power, and the raw reality of the transatlantic slave trade. It is the unforgettable prequel to Blood for Pearls—a story of stolen names, silenced histories, and voices fighting to be heard.