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Reviewed by Samantha Dewitt (Rivera) for Readers' Favorite
Eon and Yoto both have something to prove to themselves. Eon wishes to save his people from the slavery that has bound them since he was young, while Yoto simply wishes to survive and to prove to his brother that he is not the coward he is believed to be. But in order for either of them to survive there will be loss and there will be bloodshed. The battle between the Numah and the Olokun is going to be a very bloody one for both sides and it’s uncertain who will win in the end; after all, the Numah are vastly outnumbered but they are smarter than the Olokun. It will depend on the cunning of their fighters more than the strength of their numbers in order to win in The Bane of Yoto by Joshua Viola and Nicholas Karpuk.
Yoto was barely born when the Olokun invaded his home and took all of his people as their slaves. Because of this, he barely remembers a life outside the confines of slavery. Eon, on the other hand, does and he wants to break free yet again. Even though he is the one fighting and working towards freedom, it seems like Yoto is the character that is easiest to relate to. He has a self-protecting instinct but he’s not oblivious to the suffering that his people endure. There is something more ‘human’ about him and his actions than the self-sacrificing action of Eon. The Bane of Yoto will remind you of the fight and the drive in all of us.
