text:  through to this force within her that she didn't even know. Adeyemi says she began writing Children of Anguish and Anarchy in 2020. I just felt like my country was falling apart. You know, we felt like the world was falling apart with the pandemic. The first two books in the series were set in Xaeli's home, the kingdom of Orisha. This latest one begins outside of the country because Xaeli and her allies have been captured by a previously unknown enemy. They're taken.