title: Silver Lining: The Saga of an Orphan
author:  Alieu Bundu 
description: Alieu Bundu is a Sierra Leonean short story writer and novelist. His short stories have been published widely in Sierra Leone and other parts of the world. Two of his short stories, The Wretched Being, and The Riot, were published in the anthology, The African World in Dialogue: An Appeal to Action. Bundu was the runner-up for April 2014 Africa Book Club Short Reads Competition and he was also nominated for the 2016 Writivisim Short Story Competition for his short story, Bintiya. Educated at Sierra Leones Fourah Bay College, he holds a degree in French and English. Alieu Bundu is an aspiring filmmaker.
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  # Book Three
  
  
  
  
  
  Groundbreakers
  
  
  BLADES OF THE DEMIGOD KING
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # Map
  
  
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  # Prologue
  
  
  
  
  
  Orphans. So many tales of fancy begin with a parentless child. Humble
  beginnings, an air of mystery, and before you know it, the orphan has gone
  from being your average Tom, Dick, or Harry into a full blown, world-famous
  hero. (i.e. Tom Sawyer, Dick Grayson, Harry Potter.)
  
  
  Orphans. All the best stories have them. And that is why you are in luck, dear
  reader. For this tale features two orphans. Two orphans allied together.
  Imagine how they might reshape the world with the combined potencies of their
  pluckiness and their unlikely secret lineages!
  
  
  What’s that you ask? No, neither of our orphan-heroes has a mysterious
  birthmark. I agree, that would be more impressive if they did. And no, neither
  of them carries one half of a portentous broken medallion. And what’s that?
  How old are they? Well… yes, it’s true the