Imaro

Charles R. Saunders

ISBN 10: 1399622331 / ISBN 13: 9781399622332

Published by Orion Publishing Co, GB, 2025

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Forsaken, outcast, warrior . . . Abandoned as a child, Imaro has struggled for acceptance all his life among the warrior-herdsmen tribe, the Ilyassai. Seeking answers and identity, his quest leads him across the vast continent of Nyumbani as he discovers he has powerful enemies, both human and inhuman. Hunted by relentless foes, Imaro becomes the hunter and events preordained before his birth begin to unfold. Powers are stirring in Nyumbani. As Imaro struggles to hold on to his hard-won acceptance, the warrior in him seeks the answer to the question that has haunted him all his life: Who am I?Praise for Charles R. Saunders'A writer of vivid and thoughtful fantasy' - Scott Lynch, bestselling author of The Lies of Locke Lamora'You can't talk African epic fantasy without mentioning Charles Saunders' - Nnedi Okorafor, multi award-winning author of Binti and The Book of Phoenix'One of the godfathers of Afrofuturism and black speculative fiction' - Tananarive Due, multi award-winning author of The Reformatory and The Living Blood'A Literary Lion' - CBC'A whole new flavour of heroic fantasy' - Analog'Saunders' words paint his vivid vision of the mythical continent of Nyumbani ineradicably upon his readers' minds' - TorDotCom'Saunders alone has appreciated the potential of Africa as a backdrop for heroic fantasy' - Publishers Weekly'A literary trailblazer' - New York Times.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Imaro
• Publisher: Orion Publishing Co, GB
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1399622331
• ISBN 13: 9781399622332
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 260 grams

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Synopsis

Forsaken, outcast, warrior . . .

Abandoned as a child, Imaro has struggled for acceptance all his life among the warrior-herdsmen tribe, the Ilyassai. Seeking answers and identity, his quest leads him across the vast continent of Nyumbani as he discovers he has powerful enemies, both human and inhuman. Hunted by relentless foes, Imaro becomes the hunter and events preordained before his birth begin to unfold.

Powers are stirring in Nyumbani. As Imaro struggles to hold on to his hard-won acceptance, the warrior in him seeks the answer to the question that has haunted him all his life: Who am I?

Praise for Charles R. Saunders
''A writer of vivid and thoughtful fantasy'' - Scott Lynch, bestselling author of The Lies of Locke Lamora

''You can''t talk African epic fantasy without mentioning Charles Saunders'' - Nnedi Okorafor, multi award-winning author of Binti and The Book of Phoenix

''One of the godfathers of Afrofuturism and black speculative fiction'' - Tananarive Due, multi award-winning author of The Reformatory and The Living Blood

''A Literary Lion'' - CBC

''A whole new flavour of heroic fantasy'' - Analog

''Saunders'' words paint his vivid vision of the mythical continent of Nyumbani ineradicably upon his readers'' minds'' - TorDotCom

''Saunders alone has appreciated the potential of Africa as a backdrop for heroic fantasy'' - Publishers Weekly

''A literary trailblazer'' - New York Times