Madaraja

Amina, a revered yet isolated spirit medium of the Southern Capital of the Kingdom of Nkara Azariyah, lives between the living and the dead. Guided by silent ghost-aides, protected by nameless jackals, and burdened by a sacred ancestry she barely understands, she serves as the last link between her people and the Kǐvuli. But when the ancient Festival of Usiku wa Wafu falters and hostile spirits stir, Amina receives a prophecy from her long-dead ancestor Zuberi:
A foreign shadow is coming....and with it, her destiny.

While across the sea, Ryuu, a battle-hardened Eastern general cursed with the serpent Grudge of his mother's bloodline, flees political betrayal. When he collapses at the border of Amina's homeland, the Kǐvuli ignites, for their spirits recognize each other before they exchange a single word.

Bound by an accidental spiritual marriage, hunted by corrupt serpent priests, forbidden by Southern law, and torn between two cultures that fear each other, Amina and Ryuu become unwilling partners in a mystery older than both their worlds.