Welcome to Teaser Tuesday, the weekly Meme hosted by The Purple Booker. It’s super easy and anyone can join in the fun!
1: Grab your current read
2: Open to a random page
3: Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
The book I am highlighting this week is Son of the Storm by Suyi Davies Okungbowa the first book in The Nameless Republic series.
- Speculative Fiction/ Epic Fantasy
- Paperback, 480 pages
- Available May 11, 2021 by Orbit
The Teaser
As he turned to leave, something leapt from beneath the ground and out of the dark. He moved just in time to evade its grasp, but not before he caught a flash of something that felt like it didn’t fit here, or in any known manner of existence at all.
pg. 93
Synopsis
A young scholar’s ambition threatens to reshape an empire determined to retain its might in this epic tale of violent conquest, buried histories, and forbidden magic.
In the thriving city of Bassa, Danso is a clever but disillusioned scholar who longs for a life beyond the rigid family and political obligations expected of the city’s elite. A way out presents itself when Lilong, a skin-changing warrior, shows up wounded in his barn. She comes from the Nameless Islands–which, according to Bassa lore, don’t exist–and neither should the mythical magic of ibor she wields. Now swept into a conspiracy far beyond his understanding, Danso will have to set out on a journey that reveals histories violently suppressed and magic only found in lore.
Carry a Big Book 