Guardians of Masks and Memory: 1

In a tall lonely tower of an abandoned desert oasis, an amnesiac lost princess named Maleda, finds that she has a life and homeland beyond the desert that is threatened by a curse and an unknown murderer, so she works to find a way to break the curse, find the murderer, and discover who she really is.

Guardians is an afrofuturist fantasy that follows the story of a princess named Maleda, a reluctant royal thrown into chaos and amnesia, trying to find a villain and figure out who she is. On top of that, she's gotta save the world.

Perfect for fans of Skin of the Sea, The Gilded Ones, Black Panther, and Avatar the Last Airbender.

Jessica Mack grew up in Ladson, South Carolina, where she spent her childhood bouncing between libraries and bookstores. Jessica started telling stories because she was jealous of magical beings called storytellers who could breathe life into their universes with just their words, so of course, she decided to get some magic and make her own worlds too. In renaissance-like fashion, she is also an artist, poet, blogger, and is working on telling stories in other media as well.