The Blackman Saga: Out line

Index of The Blackman Saga: A 1,000,000-Word Mythic-Erotic Fantasy Epic

Total Word Target: 1,000,000 words
Structure: 7 Core Volumes + Prologue and Epilogue
Primary Characters: James Blackman, Ellis Blackman, India (Kahina/Nataki), Maria, Oya, Jean-Piere, Venus, Orisha, Jean Jr., Akubalan, the Archon Queens

Prologue: The Transmission (Word Goal: 10,000)

• Mythic introduction of India’s seven awakening dreams
• Forgotten name: Kahina
• Third-person mythic voice, woven tapestry structure

Volume I: Blood at the Funeral (Word Goal: 90,000)

1. The Bronx, 1963 — Dremond Blackman’s funeral
2. James and Ellis meet for the first time
3. The immigrant girls: India, Maria, Oya
4. Playground Brawl — the legendary fight
5. Introduction to the mansion and the full Blackman family
6. India’s first dream: The Bone Bridge

Volume II: The Atlantis Flame (Word Goal: 100,000)

1. Young Nataki/Kahina and the death of Yadira
2. The Bone Bridge and Atlas
3. The jungle training and memory rites
4. Ten years later: Kahina’s fire-dance
5. Memory-magic and visions of Atlas
6. Rebellion against Sanguru
7. Reunion with Atlas — lovers, warriors, revolution

Volume III: Mu: The Daughters of Sea and Silence (Word Goal: 100,000)

1. Maria as Queen Ahalia
2. Psychic temples, ocean rituals
3. India as rival-sister
4. Ellis as guardian spirit
5. James as chained beast
6. Atlantis echoes and betrayal by the Archons

Volume IV: The Pharaoh’s Eyes (Word Goal: 120,000)

1. Ancient Kemet — Nile dynasty
2. James as Pharaoh
3. Maria as priestess-lover
4. Ellis as the loyal shield-bearer
5. India as Nubian rebel
6. Seduction, ritual, and uprising
7. Death and awakening beneath the stars

Volume V: The Blood Scrolls of Maya (Word Goal: 120,000)

1. Maya temples and time-magic
2. Prophecies of returning lives
3. Maria and India as twin visionaries
4. Ellis as Jaguar warrior
5. James the scribe
6. The sacrifice to open the gate

Volume VI: Gold of Mali, Fire of Ghana (Word Goal: 120,000)

1. Mali-Ghana Empire
2. James as flame-wielder
3. India as courtesan-spy
4. Maria and Ellis as royal siblings
5. Secret Archon cults rise
6. Collapse and survival

Volume VII: Revolt of the Spirits (Word Goal: 120,000)

1. Haitian Revolution, 1791
2. Slavery, spirit possession
3. Awakening powers
4. The four find each other
5. The return of their memories
6. Invoking the loas
7. Freedom through fire

Volume VIII: The Waking Dream (Word Goal: 120,000)

1. Present day (Bronx, NY + global cities)
2. Full remembering begins
3. Archon Queens return
4. Mansion becomes battleground
5. Dreams bleed into reality
6. Final confrontation
7. Remembering all lives at once

Epilogue: The New Flame (Word Goal: 10,000)

• Aftermath
• Rebirth
• The dream continues…

Progress Tracker: To be updated per volume Keywords: Mythic realism, erotic fantasy, ancestral memory, soul lineage, African diaspora, indigenous sovereignty