Monday, May 5, 2025

Spotlight for The Sun Blessed Prince by Lindsey Byrd

 

The Sun Blessed Prince
Book one of A Tale of Two Crowns Duology

 By Lindsey Byrd

 Trade Paperback | 432 pages |ISBN: 9781039012592 | Random House Canada

Genre: Fiction - Fantasy - Epic; Fiction - Fantasy - Romance; Fiction - Romance - LGBTQ+ - Gay


A battle-weary prince meets a reluctant assassin. But could their bond end their war? .

 SEPARATED BY WAR, UNITED BY FATE...


     Prince Elician is a Giver. He can heal any wound and bring the dead back to life. He also can’t be killed, so is cursed to watch his country wage an endless war.

     Reapers can kill with a single touch. And when one attacks Prince Elician by a hotly-contested battlefield, but fails, the Reaper expects a terrible punishment. Instead, Elician offers him a chance at a new life and a new name on enemy territory. The Reaper hadn’t realized he could ever find something, or someone, to make life worth living—until Elician. Yet the prince is unaware that his kindness is part of his enemy’s plan, until danger engulfs in turn.

     As the pieces of a deadly plot come together, featuring abduction, treachery and forbidden magic, tensions escalate at court and on the battlefield. The fires of conflict burst into new flame—but can those who wield the powers of life and death find peace?

     A POWERFUL AND RICHLY-IMAGINED TALE OF LOVE, WAR, MAGIC AND YEARNING.

 

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 ADVANCE PRAISE FOR THE SUN BLESSED PRINCE:

"[A] rip-roaring queer romantic fantasy. The delicious romance and thorny court intrigue keep the pages turning, and a clever late plot twist shocks. This hits all the right notes." Publishers Weekly starred review

"Bask in the rays of The Sun Blessed Prince, an ambitious and compelling tale of deadly court intrigue and star-crossed lovers. 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

 


LINDSEY BYRD 
grew up in New York before moving abroad for graduate research studies. She is an amateur birder and enjoys going for hikes to take photos of nature. She enjoys all forms of speculative fiction, and is an avid researcher of history.

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