Release Date 23 March 2027

• Pre-order for regular home delivery, or choose free delivery at Eastercon Glasgow 2027 at check-out. You can collect the book at the launch or the Luna table.

• Cover Art by Alison Sampson

• Hardback Special Edition (also on our website), Ebook and Audiobook are available and will be released at the same time on the usual channels.

• Historical Fiction

One century before Islam…

The Arabian Peninsula teems with tribes embroiled in conflict.

Out of this cauldron comes an insistent romance...

Somewhere between legend, myth, and history, sits Antara ibn Shaddad.

In the century before Islam, in the harshest environment in the known world, this greatest of Arabian warriors struggles to ascend from slavery to the heights of his society, blasting through prejudice with the quickness of his sword, the incandescence of his temper, and the transcendence of his verse. But there is a cost for everything.

Can he gain the whole world for himself and his family while keeping his soul?

“I loved it: it’s fresh, original and wonderfully written.”

--Joanne Harris

“An extraordinary fusion of passion, violence, history and myth-making.”

--Adrian Tchaikovsky

“Marvelous, thoughtful, epic and deeply engaging.”

--Wole Talabi, Author of Shigidi And The Brass Head Of Obalufon and The Fist Of Memory.

“A perfect ending, readable and fast paced, love the evocation of the ancient world… religion, spirituality, mysticism, and plurality are interwoven so seamlessly.”

--Kate Elliott, author of The Witch Roads and Unconquerable Sun.

“The word epic gets bandied around a lot. Then a book comes along that reminds you what it really means. Antara is that book.”

--Mike Carey, Author of The Girl With All the Gifts.