Oware Mosaic by Nzondi Book Tour and Giveaway :)


Oware Mosaic
by Nzondi
Genre: SciFi, Horror

Decades after a cataclysmic nuclear war, Ghanaian scientists develop technology that store consciousness onto data orbs called retcons. Seventeen-year-old forensic specialist, Feeni Xo, is a Enhuman (a radiation-enhanced metabolic human) that, similar to a vampire, need blood for sustenance. Through a game called the House of Oware, Feeni discovers that the virtual construct is actually an augmented reality. She and her human best friend, Sammi, a young female detective, have been mysteriously given specialized neural implants that allow them to hack into government software. The two teenagers race against time in a horrific world of deformed beasts to piece together the puzzles of the digital mosaic. Will they find a way to save sentient beings from total extinction or will they run out of time?

Once again, Nzondi creates a rich and vibrant world crackling with life. He is a brilliant writer, one readers and critics should be watching.”
Pete Nowalk, creator of How To Get Away With Murder

"If you're looking for a story that's daringly imaginative, Oware Mosiac will scratch that itch."           
Alma Katsu, author of The Hunger

"Nzondi's Oware Mosaic is real Afrofuturism, speculative fiction actually set on the continent itself.  This is the future of SF, and the future is looking good.”
Steven Barnes, author of Lion’s Blood


Ghana, Africa

2025

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I was born in a dead man’s city. My first taste of how bitter life was, came when my parents died on my eighth birthday. I ended up springing from foster home to foster home but spent the majority of my useless childhood playing role-playing games online to flee from the sting of the African streets. I never played with dolls, wore makeup nor had a boyfriend. Why? The world had fallen ill due to a virus called hate, and that was one disease that led to wars so brutal, it crippled the planet. 

So there wasn’t much to do in an insufferable wasteland but play virtual reality games, get wasted and berate myself for still wanting to make a difference on a planet where the word hope had become obsolete in all languages.


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Nzondi (Ace Antonio Hall),born July 4th, 1966 is an American urban fantasy and horror writer. He is best known as the creator of Sylva Slasher, a teenage zombie slasher who also raises the dead for police investigations, which includes novels and short story collections. His non-fiction book, Lord of the Flies: Fitness for Writers was published by Omnium Gatherum. One of 2017's best Bruno Mars' video/song parodies of 24K Magic, called 24 Cali Fitness, was released to promote the book.


Among his many short stories that were published in anthologies and print magazines, Hall's short story, Raising Mary: Frankenstein, was nominated for 2016 horror story of the year for the 19th Annual Editors and Preditors Readers Poll. Additionally, three of his short stories were on the Horror Writers Association Reading list for the 2017 StokerCon Awards. A former Director of Education for NYC schools and the Sylvan Learning Center, the award-winning educator earned a BFA from Long Island University. Hall currently lives in Los Angeles with his bonsai named Bonnie.



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