"In the aftermath that set change against tradition, the nation against their king and even the living against the dead...Wakanda must rebuild." With the arrest of Tetu, one of the rebellion leaders, the air has been let out of the rebellion. The entire country is hoping to put this whole thing behind them and move forward as one nation. T'Challa starts this process by calling together a council of new representatives from each region to write a new constitution and enact a new government. When he cannot be there in the council meetings his mother, Ramonda acts in his stead.

T'Challa is talking with Ororo about something that has him worried. The Wakandian gods, the Orisha, including Bast, the Panther Goddess from which he derives his powers from, seem to be missing. When the rebellion was going on and they fought the ancestors rose up to fight with them, but the Orisha were mysteriously absent and T'Challa isn't the only one who noticed that.

On top of that, the rains won't stop in Birnin Kashin. There is also a door that has opened there where half snake half man creatures called Simbi, have come out of. Black Panther killed them off, but when he did one of them said that it was useless that the "Originators" were returning. While the door is open more of these creatures can come through. Worse, more doors are opening across Wakanda and when the shamans tried to close it by praying to the Orisha, they were struck down dead.

While T'Challa seeks out an ancient sorcerer who might be able to help them, Doctor Faustus, the explorer of minds, is hiding out in the enemy nation of Wakanda, Azania, looking to grab a Wakandian citizen to work on. And he has just the perfect one picked out. This comic takes the story of Wakanda into a new and refreshing territory. The scenes with Storm are incredible to see. They crackle with the vibrancy of her personality in the drawings and colors depicted. This is a fabulous book and I can't wait for Part II to come out where Coates takes the story to next. ( )