Colonel Tye Trilogy

History remembers the war. Legends remember the man.Once a runaway slave. Then a shaman. Then a warrior. Now Akinkunle stands at the crossroads the spirits foretold before he drew his first breath.The prophecy is coming due.Guided by ancestral spirits and the weight of a destiny he never asked for, Akinkunle has become something the world has no name for-a bridge between the living and the dead, walking a path paved in blood and freedom. British officers seek to use him. Patriots fear him. Slave catchers hunt him. But none of them understand what he truly is, or what the ancestors are forging him to become.As revolution sets the colonies ablaze, armies clash over a liberty that thousands will never taste. And Akinkunle learns the cruelest truth the spirits ever kept from him: every freedom carries a price, every victory demands a sacrifice, and some legends demand everything.War. Love. Loss. Prophecy fulfilled. As the saga reaches its reckoning, Akinkunle must decide what legacy he'll leave behind-and who will carry his story when he is gone.Inspired by the true story of Colonel Tye, AKINKUNLE brings an unforgettable saga to its close: an epic myth drawn from forgotten history, told through the lens of memory, prophecy, and the African griot tradition-a story of freedom, sacrifice, and the legends that survive long after history has buried its heroes. G. Wright is a historian, educator, and former U.S. Naval officer whose work explores the intersections of race, power, mythology, and forgotten history.Drawing on more than twenty-five years of teaching American history, ethnic studies, race and gender studies, American cultural values, he is passionate about recovering the voices traditional narratives leave behind. Before entering education, Wright served as a U.S. Navy aviator and instructor at the U.S. Naval Academy-experiences that gave him firsthand insight into leadership, courage, and the human cost of conflict. His travels across multiple continents deepened a lifelong fascination with how history is remembered, recorded, and sometimes deliberately erased.A graduate of the University of Iowa and National University of San Diego, Wright fuses rigorous historical research with mythological and spiritual storytelling to bring the forgotten past vividly to life.His debut trilogy, Colonel Tye: An American Saga, reimagines the life of one of the most feared Black commanders of the American Revolution through the lens of historical fantasy. Inspired by the remarkable true story of the man New Jersey Patriots called "Satan," the series explores freedom, identity, prophecy, resistance, and the terrible price of becoming a legend.Wright lives in Southern California, where he continues to teach, write, and unearth the hidden stories history tried to bury.