Meet Lamana Ali

Author and creator behind The Celestial Ashes, blending sci-fi and fantasy.

Lamana Publishing is my self-publishing arm until a publishing house decides to sign me. Who knows, maybe I'll stick with self-publishing!
2025 was the year I realized a personal truth: I was always intended to write.
As a child, I preferred reading over toys. But life intervened, and I strayed from my intended route.
Last year, I stumbled upon Steven Pressfield's "The War of Art," and everything shifted. The stumbling blocks were stripped away. For the first time in over a decade, I sat down and returned to the novel I'd been nursing since I was 17.
Well, I can finally say I achieved this milestone. "The Celestial Ashes" is now published—a sweeping epic of political conspiracy, forbidden romance, and the technological remnants of wars best forgotten. For readers who crave the moral complexity of The Expanse, the intricate world-building of Dune, and the emotional devastation of The Song of Achilles.