Ruyi's World of Books & Stories

MIAMI – (January 15, 2008) Bouncing Ball Books releases, The Adventures of Nihu, written by Omoruyi “Ruyi” Uwuigiaren. This novel is a classic legend of a young hero’s magical journey through a fantasy world where he is tested with incredible challenges that can only stem from the soul of the author’s genuine African culture and vivid imagination. Being falsely accused of a crime, Nihu, a tribal African boy, is banished to the Lonely Forest. In order to regain his freedom, he must find a way to defeat the undefeatable and confront challenges that draw analogies to our own realities. Like The Lord of the Rings, this epic high fantasy novel carries the reader to another time and place. Nihu gets sucked into a world inside of a stone, visits a powerful ruler in an underwater city, and befriends a group of refugees. Based on mythical and historic African traditions, Uwuigiaren’s magical twists to The Adventures of Nihu will not only allow an audience of all ages to escape their own ...

THE CRUSADER by Omoruyi Uwuigiaren Ageless forest of legs Wrote frustration on the face of the old earth Our foes saw nothingness in their stupor In the midst of million brags The Rock of Gilbraltha is here A scrawny hero His feet cannot hurt a fly Yet wrecking the hills on the highway A feat for few His smile humbles the darkness Bliss embraces the weak And cockerels sounded it was dawn THE VICTIMS by Omoruyi Uwuigiaren The night walked away Lost in the sea of rage Gloom was her conqueror Yesterday has gone Singing on the hills Another day has come Our prey was her meal The heart of the cruel evening It was a troll A thousand sparrows has fallen The ones we cherish Silence of the saddest grave AGAINST ALL ODDS by Omoruyi Uwuigiaren We are not here to growl The bald faint Anxiety rages in the brook Succumb to the flood Kissed the bare chest of the earth Misery at dawn The least wailed Soldier's legs betrayed him No one saw the ow...