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Voya Calling
YA Urban Fantasy with SF elements
An #ownvoices novel set in Toronto, 2099. It follows sixteen-year-old black witch Voya Thomas whose ceremony to come into her powers goes terribly wrong. Now, she must kill her first love before the eve of the Caribana carnival, or her family will lose their magic forever.
I bring the intention.
They bring the blood.
We both pay for the gift of magic.
excerpt from voya calling
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