Redemptor

Redemptor is a 2021 young adult fantasy novel by Nigerian American writer Jordan Ifueko,[1][2] published on August 17, 2021 by Abrams Books.

Following the events of the previous book, Empress Tarisai forms her own council of eleven connected by the Ray and works as the High Lady Judge alongside Emperor Ekundayo while also trying to fulfill her promise of sacrificing herself to the Abiku by going to the Underworld to stop the death of 200 Redemptors as the Ojiji, spirits of dead Redemptor children begin to haunt her.

Tarisai must fight to rectify the past crimes of the empire while retaining her sanity.

Jordan Ifueko’s West African-influenced duology is one of the best YA fantasies I’ve read in a long time”.

[9] Buzzfeed named Redemptor one of the best books of August 2021, saying it was "[i]mmersive and gorgeously written.