Nubia

Omar Epps, Clarence A. Haynes

In a climate-ravaged future New York City, three teenagers descended from refugees of the lost African utopia of Nubia begin to discover extraordinary powers linked to their hidden heritage. As they struggle to survive in the flooded, marginalized neighborhoods below the city’s privileged skybound enclave, they uncover secrets that challenge everything they know about their families and their past. Pursued by powerful forces seeking to control their abilities, the trio must decide whether their inheritance will help liberate their community or become a means of escape. Blending Afrofuturism, epic fantasy, and urgent themes of displacement, environmental crisis, class division, identity, and collective responsibility, the novel offers a compelling vision of a world—and a generation—on the brink of transformation.

Omar Epps

In a future New York reshaped by climate catastrophe, young Nubians struggle to survive while hiding the extraordinary abilities that set them apart. As long-buried secrets and powerful forces threaten their community, a new generation must confront the consequences of the past and decide what kind of future they will build. Blending Afrofuturism, speculative adventure, and coming-of-age drama, the novel explores identity, belonging, resilience, and the strength found in community. It offers a vivid, fast-paced vision of a transformed world and the courage required to challenge those who seek to control it.