Des Wallace
Rise of Ogun
Yoruba-inspired mythology. The sacred cost of power, bravery, and becoming who you were meant to be. Ogun — deity of iron, war, and labor — is the patron of those who build, forge, and push through.
About the Book
Greatness has a price. Ogun has always known what it costs.
A richly illustrated tale rooted in West African spiritual tradition, Rise of Ogun maps the interior geography of a man stepping into power — the price of greatness and the discipline it demands. Ogun is more than a warrior. He is the archetype of those who refuse to stop building even when the work is violent, unrecognized, and unending. For readers who understand that becoming someone costs something real.
Reader Experience
What this book does.
It measures the cost of becoming. Rise of Ogun is not about power as domination. It is about power as the discipline to keep building when the work is unrecognized, unending, and violent in its demands. Ogun does not ask for gratitude. He asks for commitment. This book is for the ones willing to give it.
For the reader who is in the middle of something difficult and refuses to stop. For anyone who needs a mythology that respects the actual price of transformation — not the promise of it.
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