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Dossouye 
Cover of Dossouye 2008 Sword and Soul MediaAuthor(s) Charles R. Saunders Cover artist Mshindo Kumba Country United States Language English Series Dossouye Genre(s) Fantasy novel Publisher Sword and Soul Media Publication date 2008 Media type Print (Paperback) Pages 193 pp Preceded by none Dossouye is a Dark Fantasy novel written by Charles R. Saunders, and published independently in 2008 by Sword & Soul Media via the online press Lulu.
Contents
Synopsis
Orphaned at a young age, Dossouye becomes a soldier in the women’s army of the kingdom of Abomey. In a war against the rival kingdom of Abanti, Dossouye saves her people from certain destruction; but a cruel twist of fate compels her to go into exile.
Mounted on her might war-bull, Gbo, Dossouye enters the vast rainforest beyond the borders of her homeland, seeking a place to call her own.
The forest is where Dossouye will either find a new purpose in life... or find her life cut short by the many menaces she encounters.
Setting
An alternate Africa like continent which goes unnamed throughout the novel
List of characters
The characters in this section are listed in their order of appearance.
- Dossouye - a former member of the women's army of Abomey who goes into self imposed exile to protect the beliefs of her people
- Gimmile - a song teller cursed by Legba who Dossouye encounters
- Marwe - a shapechanger, a spirit of the forest that Dossouye encounters
References
Imaro novel series: Imaro (1981) • The Quest for Cush (1984) • The Trail of Bohu (1985) • The Naama War (2009)Dossouye novel series: Dossouye (2008)Categories:- 2008 novels
- American fantasy novels
- Novels by Charles R. Saunders
- 21st-century American novels
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