The seeds of kings

Author's Note

This book was born from a vision, a calling deep within my spirit that refused to be silent. It is more than a story-it is a remembrance, a hymn, and a testament.

The journey of the seed, the tree, and the generations that rose from its roots mirrors the journey of our people: torn from homelands, carried through storms, broken yet never destroyed. Through chains, through fire, through blood, the seed endured. The tree endured. The spirit endured.

I wrote this to honor the ancestors whose voices still echo in our bones, whose courage is stitched into our very being. I wrote this to honor the mothers who held on, the fathers who resisted, the children who dreamed, and the countless souls who never stopped believing in tomorrow.

But above all, I wrote this for the future-for my son, Khalil Curry, and for every child yet unborn, who must know that they are not accidents of history, but heirs to kingdoms, descendants of warriors, and carriers of a light that no darkness can ever extinguish.

May this story remind you that your life is sacred, your roots are strong, and your destiny, like the Baobab tree, can rise from even the harshest soil to touch the heavens
Byron Austin

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Chapters
1. The Tree of Kings
2. The Rite of Passage
3. Love Beneath the Baobab
4. The Ships on the Horizon
5. Fire and Chains
6. The Long Middle Passage
7. The Seed in the Cotton Fields
8. Blood and Roots
9. The Shack Beneath the Tree
10. The Scarred Survivor
11. Love in Secret
12. The Son of Freedom
13. March with the Dreamers
14. The Seed in the White House Garden
15. Return of the King