I Read Books: Imaro
Imaro Imaro, born amongst the Ilyassai people of the Tamburure plains, is an outcast. His mother fled an arranged marriage to the clan’s sorcerer, then returned pregnant with evidence of the sorcerer's crimes. Imaro's half-blood makes him enemies, even as he excels as a boy in warrior training. When he takes part in the manhood ritual, to kill a lion (the Ilyassi believe their spirits turn into lions so this frees an ancestor), the new sorcerer makes it appear as though he ran and he is put through the shaming ritual. Fleeing, he takes revenge on the clan, before uncovering the truth, finding that both new and old sorcerer are servants of the Mashataan, secret high masters of sorcery who want to destroy Imaro for some reason. Defeating them, the clan offer to let him return, but instead he decides to leave. He wanders across the land of Nyumbani (a fantasy Africa), having a number of adventures. He eventually finds himself amongst a group of bandits on the fringes of th...
