{"product_id":"a-walk-in-the-night-danny-angelo-jr-fluker-9798303659278","title":"A Walk in the Night Sun: Book One","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe forest remembers what the world forgets.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eCenturies after the fall of empires, Orinyo stands-a hidden West African village guided by ritual, spirit, and ancestral memory. When a sacred healer encounters a man who should not exist, time fractures, revealing buried legacies and impossible truths.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in a lush Afro-Futurist future where AI reigns and spirit still speaks, \u003ci\u003eA Walk in the Night Sun\u003c\/i\u003e is a visionary novel of return, resistance, and the power of remembering. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor's Note\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eA little over 15 years ago, I channeled a story centering Black Americans 500 years in the future. I wrote it and published it on my blog at the time. It was called \u003ci\u003eObsidian Song\u003c\/i\u003e. About a year and a half ago, it came to my heart to revisit this story, to turn it into a novel and publish it. At the time, I was working on a number of nonfiction books, and as I brought one of those books to a close, I resolved to reimagine \u003ci\u003eObsidian Song\u003c\/i\u003e, to develop new and old characters, to build an entire world, and to do so in a way that would expand its reach across more than one book and evolve it to the point where it could be adapted for film.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere were two catalysts that prompted me to revisit and reimagine my Afro-Futurist short story from all those years ago. First, I visited my friend on a trip to NY. He had a wall decorated with masks from around the world and asked me to see which one spoke to me. One mask stood out, one I would later find out was connected to my paternal ancestral heritage (Mitsogo, Ateke, Kota, and Fang people of Gabon, shout out to African Ancestry for making this life-changing knowledge possible). My friend then let me borrow one of his favorite books, saying it would change my life. He gave me \u003ci\u003eOf Water and the Spirit\u003c\/i\u003e by Malidoma Patrice Somé. I read that book from cover to cover multiple times, and my life was indeed changed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSecondly, I did a small ceremony with an ancestral plant medicine, a medicine that, at the time, healed a bout of depression I had been moving through. Shortly after the healing that came from that ceremony, I received my first book deal and gained a deeper confidence as an author in the process. I also want to note that Malidoma Patrice Somé passed away shortly before my first plant medicine ceremony.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI hope you enjoy this story that explores African Spirituality, Neuroscience, Mind-Body-Spirit Health, and Pan-African and Afro-Futurist themes. This book is dedicated to the memory of Malidoma Patrice Somé, and I'm excited for you to read it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Danny Angelo Jr. Fluker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798303659278\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/04\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 154\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.33lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.39d","brand":"Danny Angelo Jr. Fluker","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48851084804351,"sku":"9798303659278","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-walk-in-the-night-danny-angelo-jr-fluker-9798303659278","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}