Echoes Beyond Our Sky: A Prequel

Before the signal, there was silence, and for Zay, navigating between the chaos of high school and his deafness feels overwhelming. When strange lights and UFO reports begin to surface in his community, he starts to see his own differences—in particular, his deafness—as a potentially powerful signal rather than a weakness. Blending cosmic mystery, cultural themes, and teenage experience, this Afrofuturist prequel explores how one boy’s perception of silence could change everything, drawing readers into a captivating world of intrigue and self-discovery.