The Colossus of Lagos

By (author)Chris Richardson

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In Lagos, an oil executive’s greed awakens a vengeful ancient creature. An unlikely team must unravel myths and confront corporate deception to save their city from destruction.

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A Colossus meets Environmental Justice in this Epic African Horror-Action ThrillerLagos, Nigeria. Twenty million people. One lagoon. And an ancient creature that’s been watching, waiting, absorbing every poison dumped into its home for decades.When Tunde Bakare, a cynical oil executive, authorizes drilling in the lagoon’s forbidden deep waters, he unleashes something that shouldn’t exist—but does. Adágún, a massive amphibious colossus covered in barnacles and bioluminescent fury, emerges to exact nature’s revenge on a city that chose profit over promises.As corporate towers crumble and the lagoon glows with otherworldly light, an unlikely alliance forms:• Amaka Okonkwo, a determined Nollywood filmmaker documenting the disaster in real-time• Dele, an elderly fisherman who still remembers the old stories everyone dismissed as superstition• The Oshodi Three, street-smart teenagers with tech skills and nothing to lose• Tunde, seeking redemption for the catastrophe he causedTogether, they must decode ancient Yoruba wisdom, navigate corporate conspiracy, and attempt the impossible: communicate with a creature that’s both monster and guardian, destroyer and teacher.But Adágún doesn’t want blood—it wants acknowledgment. It wants Lagos to remember the covenant their ancestors made and modern arrogance broke. And if the city can’t learn to respect the lagoon that gave it life, the creature will teach that lesson in fire and water.

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