Gray currently lives in Little Rock, Arkansas. In 2021, it was announced that the book would be adapted into a feature film by Netflix, with Clubhouse Pictures producing. Beasts of Prey debuted at #4 on the New York Times bestseller list. The story takes place in a Pan-African inspired world and follows two Black teens named Koffi and Ekon as they venture into a magical jungle to find and hunt down an ancient monster. īeasts of Prey, the first installment in the eponymous trilogy, was published on September 28, 2021. In July 2020, Gray sold Beasts of Prey and two accompanying books to Putnam Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Random House. Gray began writing her debut novel, Beasts of Prey, in May 2015, following her graduation. Gray received her Bachelor of Arts in political science and African and African-American Studies from the University of Arkansas in 2015. Gray was born in Atlanta, Georgia, and moved to Little Rock, Arkansas with her family at age thirteen, attending Pulaski Academy. Her 2021 debut novel Beasts of Prey was a New York Times bestseller. But the longer they’re apart, the more they will have to reckon with changing destinies and, maybe, changing hearts.Ayana Gray is an American author of young adult fiction. Koffi and Ekon-separated by both land and gods-risk everything to reunite. And each day he draws closer to the realm of death, so too does Ekon draw nearer to a long-hidden truth about himself that could change his loyalties forever. He’s forced to make new, uneasy alliances to flee Lkossa and turn his back on everything he once believed.

Ekon, once a promising soldier, is now a wanted man on the run from those he once called brother. But leaving Lkossa is easier said than done. While Koffi attempts to decipher the secrets of the mist and learns to wield her own deadly power, Ekon is determined to make his way to Thornkeep to fight alongside her. It soon becomes clear that the very thing imprisoning her could be the key to not only her freedom, but finally unlocking the remaining mysteries of her own magic, allowing her to fight the god of death and perhaps even win. But something within the mist calls to Koffi, igniting her magic.

Koffi and many other darajas are trapped there by a deadly, inscrutable mist, making escape impossible. In this much anticipated follow up to New York Times bestselling Beasts of Prey, Koffi’s powers grow stronger and Ekon’s secrets turn darker as they face the god of death.Īfter having promised to use her new powers to serve Fedu, the cunning god of death, and assist in his plans to remake the world, Koffi finds herself a prisoner in Thornkeep-a luxurious mansion with well-manicured gardens.

Beasts of ruin by ayana gray