305pp, paperback, Renegade Books, London, 2025

ISBN: 9780349703732

Also published in the USA in 2025.

Fantasy romance set in the Black South.

When Galilee, raised by the Kincaids, a formidable clan of Black women, meets Lucifer Helel, their forbidden attraction threatens to destroy the delicate balance between Heaven, Hell and Earth, and Galilee must decide if she's prepared to risk everything and embrace the power pulsing inside her.

"Holy moly, is it the flames of Hell making it hot in here or is it Akwaeke Emezi's phenomenal writing?! With captivating characters full of tensions both supernatural and sensual, Son of the Morning is romantic, scorching, and not to be missed!" Jason June, author of Jay's Gay Agenda

Akwaeke Emezi was born and raised in Nigeria. They are the author of the romance You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty, the novels Freshwater, Little Rot and The Death of Vivek Oji, the young adult novels Somadina, Pet and Bitter and Dear Senthuran: A black spirit memoir (2022 ALA Stonewall Prize for Best Nonfiction Book), and Content Warning: Everything, a collection of poems.

SON OF THE MORNING

: Emezi (A.)

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