Firstborn of the Sun

In Oru L?´r? has a secret. She is the only one without agbara - the ability to harness power from the sun. On pain of death must conceal it from everyone. Including her best friend, Alawani.

But when the gods declare Alawani an A`lu`fa´a` - a great honour where he will serve the gods and the Kingdom - he must be stripped of his power in a brutal trial likely to kill him. Unwilling to bear his death, Lore vows to rescue him.

When she desperately attempts to channel agbara an icy shadow magic instead pours from her hands; a power she learns originated from a forbidden, secret land beyond the six rings of Oru.

One which she and Alawani must now seek sanctuary and discover a secret that could bring the Kingdom to its knees . . .<>

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.

Product details

• Authors: Marvellous Michael Anson
• Publisher: Michael Joseph
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.10.2025
• EAN: 9780241705056
• ISBN: 978-0-241-70505-6
• No. of pages: 592
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 240 mm x 48 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Nigeria, Fantasy, FICTION / Cultural Heritage, FICTION / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, FICTION / Fantasy / General, FICTION / Fantasy / Historical, Yoruba, Historical fantasy, Epic fantasy / heroic fantasy, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, Traditional African religions and spiritual beliefs, FICTION / African American & Black / General, Afrofuturism / Black Speculative fiction, Myths and Legends / Mythic fiction, Relating to people of the African diasporas / heritage, Black Speculative fiction, Narrative theme: love / relationships