{"product_id":"cala-f-iya-book-one-initiation-part-2-cala-f-iya-queen-of-cala-forn-iya","title":"Cala F' Iya Book One: Initiation, Part 2: Cala F' Iya, Queen of Cala F'orn Iya","description":"California is named after the Black warrior queen, Calafia, a name that resounds with the echo of her legacy. She, who rode upon griffins and commanded an empire of women, is remembered in stories first inscribed by Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo in Las Sergas de Esplandián. But those tales, spun from the threads of colonization, patriarchy, and the fetishized gaze of the colonizer, dulled the brilliance of her power.\n\nYet stories, like rivers, carve new paths. They return to their source, reshaping and unearthing tales long buried. This is one such story: Cala F’ Iya, Queen of Cala F’orn Iya. Through her, the legend of Calafia transcends the distortions of conquest, becoming a tale of decolonial Love and Black majesty. It is a story of her realm, Cala F’orn Iya, told by the land itself and the beings who call it home.\n\nPortals have opened. The veil is thin. And something hungry waits in the dark.\n\nThe matrifocal island of Cala F’orn Iya is on the brink.\nAs invasion creeps closer, six Initiates—L’iah, Datka, Gundeela, Sa’lam, and Sin Maebo—journey into Asènos, a luminous, perilous realm where the Land is sentient and magic breathes. There, time fractures. Desire awakens. And the sacred must be reclaimed, or lost forever.\n\nEach Initiate is marked by a past they cannot outrun and a power they’ve yet to fully claim. But as spirits stir and forgotten Beings call to them, they must decide: will they embody the Ancients—or be devoured by what hunts them?\n\nMeanwhile, an Elder dares to challenge a corrupt council, risking all to protect the island’s ancestral ways. And deep beneath the known realms, the Dubikae—decay-born creatures with insatiable hunger—gather to feast on the living.\n\nThis is a story of many worlds:\nWhere love is a spell.\nWhere re-membering is resistance.\nWhere Black queer power isn’t a side story—it’s the center of the storm.\n\nReturn to the lush, myth-soaked world of Cala F’ Iya—where the sacred is sensual, the future is Black, and every choice is carved on the blade’s edge.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: B0FF17QMXZ\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.B0FF17QMXZ.VG\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Vargas, Preston Coyote|Oshundara, Kamil\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Book has little sign of wear or use  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43366684327997,"sku":"BVV.B0FF17QMXZ.VG","price":21.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/cala-f-iya-book-one-initiation-part-2-cala-f-iya-queen-of-cala-forn-iya","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}