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Now comes Afrofuturist Tim\u003cbr\u003eFielder’s beautifully written and rendered \u003cem\u003eINFINITUM\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eINFINITUM\u003c\/em\u003e, King Aja Ọba and Queen Lewa are\u003cbr\u003erevered across the African continent for their impressive political and\u003cbr\u003emilitary skills. Yet the future of their kingdom is in jeopardy, for the royal\u003cbr\u003ecouple do not have an heir of their own. When the King kidnaps his son born to\u003cbr\u003ea concubine, Obinrin, she curses Ọba with the “gift” of immortality. After\u003cbr\u003eenjoying long, wonderful lives both, Queen Lewa and the crown prince die\u003cbr\u003enaturally, leaving the ageless bereaved King Ọba heartbroken and alone. Taking\u003cbr\u003eadvantage of Ọba’s vulnerability, enemy nations rise to power and kill the\u003cbr\u003eking – or so they think.  King Aja Ọba survives the fatal attack, finally\u003cbr\u003erealizing the bitter fruit of Obinrin’s curse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor millennia, the immortal Ọba wanders the earth,\u003cbr\u003emourning his lost subjects and searching for a new kingdom. His journey leads\u003cbr\u003ehim across time, allowing him to witness the trans-Atlantic slave trade, the\u003cbr\u003eNew World, and the American Civil Rights Movement. The expansion of global\u003cbr\u003etechnology brings about intergalactic travel, first contact with an alien\u003cbr\u003especies, and conflicts within and ultimately outside the known universe. Thrust\u003cbr\u003einto these seminal events, Ọba, now known by many as “John,” faces harrowing\u003cbr\u003edecisions that will determine mankind’s physical and spiritual trajectory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 280 plus stunningly emotional and evocative full-color images, \u003cem\u003eINFINITUM\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003epresents a unique cosmic experience, addressing issues of racism, classism,\u003cbr\u003egender inequity, the encroachment of technology and the spiritual cost of war,\u003cbr\u003ewhile exposing the history behind ancient mysteries.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“An amazing tale of one man’s odyssey from African king to ruler of the stars told with breathtaking visuals. INFINITUM is epic in every way! Engrossing! Powerful! Intelligent! Cinematic!” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJerry Craft, author of the New York Times bestselling New Kid\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e “\u003cem\u003eA merciless king is cursed to eternal life\u003c\/em\u003e…and so begins Tim Fielder’s extraordinary tale of a Black immortal seeking redemption, an epic that takes us from the dawn of civilization to its very end of the Earth. Brilliant, bold, beautiful, and deliriously, wondrously Black, INFINTUM is what might happen if the \u003cem\u003eWakandan book of Genesis\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ethe Afrofuturist book of Revelation\u003c\/em\u003e decided to have a kid—nothing you read this year will come close to this amazing book.”  - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJunot Diaz, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Fielder’s . . . . boldly painted illustrations exhibit raw power on every page of this staggeringly ambitious epic.” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This sweeping tale mirrors both the history of genre literature and the African American experience.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“With \u003cem\u003eInfinitum: An Afrofuturist Tale\u003c\/em\u003e, Tim Fielder is pushing the genre forward (and inviting others to join).” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSyfy.com\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“How, you may ask, can a story this vast not be 'central' to \u003cem\u003eInfinitum\u003c\/em\u003e? 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