The Koruma Series

The Roads Between Us

The ancient roads of Koruma are awakening, drawing travellers towards a mysterious place missing from every map. As Amara and her companions follow the forgotten Living Paths, they discover that reconnecting communities requires more than restoring old routes. It demands friendship, shared stories and the courage to listen to one another.

Available NowBook 4Middle Grade Fantasy Adventure

Synopsis

The roads of Koruma are being walked again. But where are they leading?

Far from the Twin Valleys, Amara and her companions are following ancient Living Paths that were almost forgotten. Everywhere they travel, the signs are changing. Old routes are filling with footsteps. Songs are passing from one community to another. Travellers carry news along roads that have been quiet for generations.

And all those roads seem to be leading towards the same place.

On Abeni the Path Keeper's worn map, it is nothing more than a blank space.

What waits there may change everything Amara understands about Koruma.

But finding a forgotten place is only the beginning. As people from distant communities meet again, Amara discovers that restoring what has been lost is not as simple as rebuilding old roads. Some paths have changed. Some should remain untouched. Some stories survive only in fragments. And no single person, village or Keeper holds every answer.

To reconnect Koruma, its people will have to do something harder than remember the past.

They will have to listen to one another.

Warm, adventurous and richly imagined, The Roads Between Us is a story about friendship, memory, belonging and the connections that grow when people choose to walk towards one another.

Book Four of The Koruma Series, an African inspired fantasy adventure for young readers and families.

Series information

The Koruma Series

Book 4 in the The Koruma Series series.

Genre: Middle Grade Fantasy Adventure.

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  1. Book 1The Whispering BaobabAvailable Now
  2. Book 2The Living HarmonyAvailable Now
  3. Book 3The Forgotten PathsAvailable Now
  4. Book 4The Roads Between UsCurrent page

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      Available NowBook 1

      The Whispering Baobab

      The ancient roads of Koruma are awakening, drawing travellers towards a mysterious place absent from every map. As Amara and her companions follow the forgotten Living Paths, they discover that reconnecting communities requires more than restoring old routes. It demands friendship, shared stories and the courage to listen to one another.

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      Available NowBook 2

      The Living Harmony

      The river is returning, but something beneath the Twin Valleys has changed. Amara and her friends venture into Koruma’s forgotten passages, uncovering ancient waterways, hidden sanctuaries and mysterious travellers. As new discoveries threaten a delicate balance, they must learn that protecting their world means understanding the connections that hold everything together.

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      The Forgotten Paths

      When ancient waystones turn towards a forgotten road, Amara and her friends journey beyond the Twin Valleys into a wider Koruma. Along the way, they discover unfamiliar communities, surviving traditions and paths that have been waiting generations to be walked again.

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