Twinn Swan

The River Empress tells the story of a goddess born into a family that rejects her simply because she is female. From the very beginning, she confronts the brutal realities of gender-based exclusion and violence. Her journey is a stark reflection on how patriarchy devalues female life—even divine female life—and the personal, familial and widespread societal consequences of such rejection.

The Goddess’ journey is one of profound resistance, not only against the external forces that deny her legitimacy, but also against the internal currents of doubt and pain that such rejection inevitably brings. In crafting this work, I drew deeply on historical, spiritual, and cultural voices that illuminate the roots of this rejection, but also the wells of strength that sustain a life discarded at birth. This work of prose-poetry is an invitation to witness the resilience that emerges when the Divine Feminine refuses to be extinguished.

In this book, I explore the unspoken truths about how being born female can mean inheriting suffering, rejection, abandonment and erasure. Yet, the story is also about refusal: refusal to disappear, to be silenced, or to accept a lesser existence. It is about the quiet and relentless strength it takes to exist, resist, and shape a space for oneself against overwhelming odds.

This is not a story for the faint-hearted. It refuses to excuse or evade the fallout of such rejection with empty appeals to familial piety and divine forgiveness. In this narrative, every act of dismissal, every erasure, carries karmic weight: a spiritual debt that ripples onwards and outwards. The River Empress stands as a testament to survival in a world that would rather see her erased; and is a refusal to be quieted or diminished despite cosmic and earthly forces stacked against her.

If you’re ready to confront the raw edges of gender, power, and consequence without illusion, this story will meet you there—unyielding, fierce, and uncompromising.