Description
The final journey starts with a single step…
Now a father, Rutejìmo is finally comfortable with his place in society as a tender of the dead. The rest of his clan, however, hasn't fully accepted his role and his son questions his bravery after a vicious attack. Unable to explain, Rutejìmo attempts to demonstrate his duties through actions instead of words but fails.
Everything changes after a violent bloodbath with enemies disguised as friends. Rutejìmo begins to lose all that is sacred to him. It's up to him to find his way back to his family and his solace, running for his life, his redemption, and his honor. Can Rutejìmo battle his biggest enemy, himself, before it's too late and his legacy is destroyed once and for all?
This novel contains scenes where the primary character and others experience named character death, physical abuse, physical assault, sexual intimacy, and violence. There are also scenes where secondary characters experience named animal death, physical torture, and unnamed animal death. There is no sexual assault.
Chapters (v2.0.3)
- 1 - Running Away
- 2 - Cowardice
- 3 - Exhaustion
- 4 - The Morning Before
- 5 - Halfway There
- 6 - Kosobyo City
- 7 - Broken Silence
- 8 - Alone
- 9 - Greatness
- 10 - Westerners
- 11 - Recovering
- 12 - The Offer
- 13 - Voting
- 14 - Presents
- 15 - Banyosiōu
- 16 - A Second Wind
- 17 - Splitting Up
- 18 - Brothers
- 19 - Nightmares
- 20 - An Unexpected Companion
- 21 - The Dying
- 22 - Old Ways
- 23 - Asylum
- 24 - Declaration of War
- 25 - Sneaking Out
- 26 - A Long Night
- 27 - A Longer Day
- 28 - Smoke and Honor
- 29 - Shimusogo Chimípu
- 30 - Keep Moving
- 31 - Wind's Teeth
- 32 - Limits
- 33 - Pabinkue Mikáryo
- 34 - One Last Time
- 35 - Shimusogo Valley