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SEPARATED BY WAR. UNITED BY FATE.

‘An ambitious and compelling tale of deadly court intrigue and star-crossed lovers’
– Lucy Holland, author of Sistersong

Prince Elician is a Giver, so can heal wounds and return the dead to life. He also can’t be killed, so is cursed to watch his country wage an endless war. All this, while keeping his powers a closely guarded secret.

Cat is a Reaper and they can kill with a single touch. He’s been ordered to assassinate Prince Elician – and when he fails, he expects a terrible punishment. Instead, Elician offers Cat sanctuary on enemy territory. Cat hadn’t realized life could be worth living, until the prince. Yet Elician’s enemy plans to turn this kindness against him.

Meanwhile, Elician’s sister, Fen, must somehow master her volatile powers to serve her country as a deadly plot comes to light featuring treachery and forbidden magic. With tensions escalating from court to battlefield, can those who wield power find peace?

A powerful and richly imagined tale from a bold new voice in fantasy fiction, Lindsey Byrd’s The Sun Blessed Prince is a sweeping, enemies-to-lovers and found-family adventure.

‘I loved this charming, slow burn queer fantasy romance . . . Byrd expertly weaves in war and intrigue’
– T. L. Huchu

Readers have fallen in love with The Sun Blessed Prince:

‘Really excellent political/epic fantasy with the slowest, *softest* slow burn queer romantic subplot’

‘I absolutely love the magic system’

‘There were plot twists after plot twists, my jaw literally was on the ground for half of it’

‘Made me sob to the point where I had to stop reading for a second’

‘I just loved it’

Publisher Review

Thoughtful mythology and an unusually gentle queer love story set this book apart. It’s a stellar start to a promising series — Lucy Holland, author of Sistersong Byrd expertly weaves in war and intrigue, the games the powerful like to play, and contrasts that with the personal, the mundane, and the intimate — T. L. Huchu, author of The Library of the Dead The delicious romance and thorny court intrigue keep the pages turning, and a clever late plot twist shocks. This hits all the right notes — Publisher’s Weekly, starred review I really enjoyed this! The writing was wonderful * Metaphors and Moonlight * I adored this book . . . A queer epic fantasy with royalty, god-blessed people with life and death powers, two countries at war with complex politics. What else could you need in a fantasy book?! * Abi of Pellinor Book Reviews *