Sunbolt

by Intisar Khanani

Overview

The winding streets and narrow alleys of Karolene hide many secrets, and Hitomi is one of them. Orphaned at a young age, Hitomi has learned to hide her magical aptitude and who her parents really were. Most of all, she must conceal her role in the Shadow League, an underground movement working to undermine the powerful and corrupt Arch Mage Wilhelm Blackflame.

When the League gets word that Blackflame intends to detain-and execute-a leading political family, Hitomi volunteers to help the family escape. But there are more secrets at play than Hitomi's, and much worse fates than execution. Betrayed and captured along with her charges, it will take everything Hitomi can summon to save them-and herself.

Fans of Robin McKinley and Tamora Pierce will love this action-packed story of one girl fighting monsters both human and not. Pick up Sunbolt now and set off on a high-stakes adventure through the gorgeously diverse world of Intisar Khanani's Sunbolt Chronicles.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781958051252
Publisher:	Snowy Wings Publishing
Publication date:	09/19/2023
Series:	Sunbolt Chronicles , #1
Pages:	238
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.69(d)
Age Range:	13 - 17 Years

About the Author

Intisar Khanani grew up a nomad and world traveler. Born in Wisconsin, she has lived in five different states as well as in Jeddah on the coast of the Red Sea. She first remembers seeing snow on a wintry street in Zurich, Switzerland, and vaguely recollects having breakfast with the orangutans at the Singapore Zoo when she was five. She currently resides in Cincinnati, Ohio, with her husband and two young daughters. Until recently, Intisar wrote grants and developed projects to address community health with the Cincinnati Health Department, which was as close as she could get to saving the world. Now she focuses her time on her two passions: raising her family and writing fantasy. Intisar's next two projects include a companion trilogy to Thorn, following the heroine introduced in her free short story The Bone Knife, and The Sunbolt Chronicles.

Editorial Reviews

2023-06-08
A girl surviving as a street thief is swept into a power struggle of secrets and dark mages in this fantasy adventure.

Living alone on the island of Karolene ever since the death of her father and the disappearance of her mother, 15-year-old Hitomi does what she can to survive by working and stealing. Though she tries her best to blend in, Hitomi, with her “sand-gold skin” and distinctive eye shape, does not resemble the local islanders, although they are diverse in appearance themselves. More dangerously, she is a Promise—her parents secretly trained her to use magic. As the nefarious Arch Mage Blackflame targets his rivals in Karolene, Hitomi assists the resistance group known as the Shadow League in their efforts against him. The Shadow League attempts to smuggle Lord Degath and his family to safety before Blackflame can arrest the nobleman for political opposition, but the plan fails, and Hitomi and others are captured. Faced with certain death, she must rely on her magic to escape. While the worldbuilding will leave readers wanting more, the action picks up quickly, and each part of Hitomi’s journey brings surprises. In this rewritten version of a previously self-published novel, Khanani weaves a fresh story with a protagonist who is easy to root for.

A compelling story that will leave readers anticipating the sequel. (name pronunciation guide) (Fantasy. 13-16)

Kirkus Reviews