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Firstborn of the Sun
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Firstborn of the Sun by Marvellous Michael Anson is an epic fantasy debut inspired by the Yoruba myths. Everyone is blessed with agbara, the power of the sun. Everyone except her. In Oru, L'ore is the only one without agbara—the ability to harness power from the...
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Firstborn of the Sun by Marvellous Michael Anson is an epic fantasy debut inspired by the Yoruba myths. Everyone is blessed with agbara, the power of the sun. Everyone except her.
In Oru, L'ore is the only one without agbara—the ability to harness power from the sun—and must conceal it from everyone, including her best friend, Alawani.
But when the gods declare Alawani an Ifa, he must be stripped of his power in a brutal trial likely to kill him. Unwilling to bear his death, L'ore vows to rescue him.
In a desperate attempt to channel agbara, an icy magic pours from her hands; a power she learns originated from a forbidden, secret land beyond the walls of Oru.
In a place where she and Alawani must now seek sanctuary, they must discover a secret that could bring the Kingdom to its knees...
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780241705063
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 23 October 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Michael Joseph Ltd
Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 44.0mm
Width: 153.0mm
Height: 233.0mm
Weight: 714g
Pages: 592
About the Author
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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