On Wednesday, April 8, Kobe Bryantโs widow Vanessa Bryant praised her late husband, who passed away in a tragic helicopter crash alongside their 13-year-old daughter Gianna on January 26, on Instagram after his sports fantasy novel became a New York Times Best Seller.
โ5 championships ๐๐๐๐๐. 5 NYT bestsellers ๐๐๐๐๐. The Mamba strikes again. ๐โ she captioned her Instagram post, sharing a photo of the book.
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Season One is the second book of Kobeโs series The Wizenard Series. He collaborated on the project with author Wesley King.
Vanessa said that Kobe โwould have been so proud to see his work continuing on with The #Wizenard Series: Season One.โ
โThank you for supporting his legacy!!!!!โ she added.
The widow previously celebrated the bookโs release on March 31, captioning the post, โWelcome back to Dren!โ
โWe hope you are all ready to catch up with the West Bottom Badgers for another magical basketball season,โ Vanessa said. โThe #Wizenard Series: Season One is OUT NOW #KobeBryant #GranityStudios #KobeInc.โ
Kobeโs first book in the series, Training Camp, followed an underdog basketball team called the West Bottom Badgers as they experienced multiple magical happenings after a new coach arrives at their training grounds.
Earlier in April, King opened up to PEOPLE Now about how tirelessly he and Kobe worked on Season One. โThis is an underdog story,โ he began. โThis is a story about a kid whoโs defined himself as being as the bottom of the bottom. Heโs so used to losing so he believes he can only lose. So, this entire story is about redefining who we are and working towards our dreams. Itโs a very Kobe-esque story.โ
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