Dossouye is a Dark Fantasy

Dark fantasy

Dark fantasy is a term used to describe a fantasy story with a pronounced horror element.-Overview:A strict definition for dark fantasy is difficult to pin down. Gertrude Barrows Bennett has been called "the woman who invented dark fantasy". Both Charles L...

 novel written by Charles R. Saunders

Charles R. Saunders

Charles R. Saunders also credited as Charles Saunders is an African American author and journalist currently living in Canada. During his long career, he has written everything from novels both fiction and non-fiction, to screenplays and radio plays.- Background :Saunders was born in Elizabeth,...

, and published independently in 2008 by Sword & Soul Media via the online press Lulu.

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.

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