INVADERS FROM THE NORTH BEWARE!

Rounding the corner to the entrance of the house, I saw a terrible battle taking place. My mother’s men were fighting a crowd of strange, pale-skinned warriors I had never seen before, speaking a language that was equally unfamiliar. I saw Teta, the leader of the Port House guard, fighting valiantly against four of them, while several of his guards went down before the large mass of foreign warriors.

With strange round shields and long swords of a make I had never seen, the men were vicious and gave no quarter. No one had yet noticed me as I stood before the house, looking desperately for my mother and sister, trying to decide what to do. Then I spotted Meri-Ta, my mother, surrounded by four of her faithful warriors. They were hopelessly struggling to protect her against the imposing wave of attackers.

My mind was then made up. Springing forward, I seized the sword-arm of one of the aggressors, striking him in the belly until he let go of his weapon. Then several of the strange warriors turned towards me...

Bio and book info:

Brother G (Gregory L. Walker) is a Chicago based journalist, poet, historian and author. While working part-time for the Associated Press, Brother G spent 10 years conducting research for the African Legends genre, writing "Shades Of Memnon," and developing contacts in archeology anthropology and linguistics worldwide. 

Shades Of Memnon is an exciting, inspiring, award winning series of adventure novels written in the epic style similar to classics like "The Lord Of The Rings." But this series finally revives an aspect of history and legend that has been long overdue: The contributions of Africans to world history and ancient legends. According to many teachers, these books help to promote a truly multicultural experience in the classroom, promoting historical self-esteem and interracial respect. The reading program consists of books, teaching guides, music and art and has proven to be a powerful educational tool. Especially in tough, low reading interest situations. The books have been used in the efforts of dozens of teachers to improve the reading interests and literacy scores of students from middle school, high school and even college. The teaching guides are the result of over two years of research and writing by Dr. Clyde A. Winters PhD, of Governor State University and a 25-year teaching veteran of the Chicago Public School system.