
Firstborn of the Sun
$64.62
- Hardcover
592 pages
- Release Date
27 November 2025
Summary
Firstborn of the Sun: A Yoruba-Inspired Fantasy
In a world blessed with agbara, the power of the sun, Oru L’ore is an anomaly – the only one without it. She must conceal her lack of power from everyone, even her best friend, Alawani.
When the gods declare Alawani an Ifa, he faces a deadly trial to strip him of his power. L’ore, unwilling to let him die, vows to rescue him.
But in a desperate attempt to channel agbara, an icy magic surges from her hands, a power origi…
Book Details
ISBN-13: | 9780241705056 |
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ISBN-10: | 0241705053 |
Author: | Marvellous Michael Anson |
Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
Imprint: | Michael Joseph Ltd |
Format: | Hardcover |
Number of Pages: | 592 |
Release Date: | 27 November 2025 |
Weight: | 750g |
Dimensions: | 240mm x 156mm x 40mm |
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Absolutely radiant. Anson has created a captivating, intricate world with characters who will stay with me for a long time. A perfect balance of political machinations and aching romance, wrapped up in a fast-paced action packed adventure. I loved it! * BEA FITZGERALD *Firstborn of the Sun is a dazzling debut, with characters that leap off the page and burrow into your heart. Filled with love, betrayal, and questions of loyalty, the twists and turns this story takes will keep you reading late into the night. * ANDREA STEWART *Fierce, exciting and utterly original, Firstborn of the Sun is an enthralling and epic fantasy, with a beautiful and tender romance at its center * ANNA DAY *A rich and confident fantasy with expansive world building and a magic system as vicious as it is unique. Filled with intricately woven twists and action from beginning to end, readers will have a hard time putting this book down. Readers are going to LOVE THIS BOOK! * ANGELA MONTOYA *
About The Author
Marvellous Michael Anson
Marvellous Michael Anson has been writing for over a decade and has self-published a thriller, His Dark Reflection, to critical acclaim. She was shortlisted for the Future Worlds Prize in 2023, the 2022 Jericho Writers Friday Night Live Competition and the 2022 Kit De Waal Bursary, was longlisted for the 2023 REVPIT competition, and won the 2023 Jericho Writers’ Self Edit Course Bursary. In addition, Marve is a filmmaker who wrote and produced an award-winning short film in 2016 and is a recipient of the 2017 AFRIFF Film School Scholarship Program. She is a member of the Society of Authors, the World Science Fiction Society and the British Fantasy Society. She is a mentor for Black Girl Writers. Firstborn of the Sun is her debut fantasy novel.
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