Gathering Drums Orisha Trilogy, #3

Ayodele was born free in Africa, but now she is enslaved on a Virginia plantation, where her captors are determined to strip away her name, her heritage, and her connection to the the Orisha, the African powers whose enigmatic guidance challenges her to discover her own answers and make her own choices.

When a talking drum calls her into the night, Ayodele discovers others who remember the old ways and are planning a dangerous journey toward freedom. But the path ahead will demand more than courage. She must survive the violence of slavery while holding on to the identity her captors are determined to erase.

Then Yemoja, the Orisha of motherhood, takes Ayodele on a journey through time. There she encounters Chloe, one of her descendants, and sees a future she could never have imagined—a world in which her descendants are free to learn, create, dance, and honor the Orisha. At the center of that future stands a temple Chloe is building for Xangô, the Orisha of fire and thunder. This temple connects Ayodele's past with the spiritual legacy carried into the future.

As Ayodele struggles to survive the present hopelessness, she can hardly believe in the future possibilities that Yemoja shows her.

Gathering Drums is a story of freedom, heritage, faith, identity, and the enduring connection between generations.