The Void-Witch's Voyage

Kids’ Stories Book

By: Ayokunle Mathew Akinbi

Narrated by: Dana Christie

Zola lives in a quartz cottage on the very last cliff of anywhere, with only the vast, silent Void for a neighbor. She's sure she's the loneliest girl in the universe.

But one night, the Void... whispers.

It’s a tiny, shivering, lonely sound that pulls at her heart. To answer it, Zola must captain her great-grandmother’s ship, a magical vessel woven from moonlight and twine. With jars of cinnamon-scented starlight for fuel, she leaps into the inky black.

The Void isn't empty at all. It’s a place of magic, from a nebula of lost colors to the song of a Star-Whale. Soon, Zola isn't alone. She finds a stowaway: Alex, a tiny, six-legged creature who glitters like diamond dust and chimes like a bell.

Together, Zola and Alex must sail past cranky "Grumble-Grumps," escape an Echo-Mist, and face the silent, terrifying Shadow That Eats Stars. Their journey will take them to the Heart of the Emptiness, where Zola must learn that some darkness isn't meant to be fought, but to be filled.

©2025 Ayokunle Mathew Akinbi (P)2025 Ayokunle Mathew Akinbi