Sunbolt by Intisar Khanani – Spotlight & Blog Tour

Today, I’m featuring a spotlight for Intisar Khanani, an author I’ve been following for some time on Twitter and whose book I’ve longed to read.

I had hoped to read Sunbolt and publish the review as part of this blog tour but I’ve not been able to read much lately (aside from work).

Sunbolt came in 3rd in the Book Blogger Novel of the Year Award 2022 (BBNYA 2022). More on BBNYA below. 

So, today, I’m shining a spotlight on Sunbolt by Intisar Khanani and I plan to read the book during the summer (along with a dozen others!).

It's worth mentioning that just before this blog tour, Sunbolt got a new cover. I'm still a BIIIIG fan of the old cover. It drew me in. So, in this post I'll be sharing both book covers. 

 

Here’s a bit about the book:

Book title: Sunbolt

Book 1 in the Sunbolt Chronicles

Author: Intisar Khanani

Publisher: Purple Monkey Press

Length: 152 Pages

Genre: Fantasy

Age Category: Middle Young Adult

Publication date: 17 June 2013

 

Synopsis:

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. When Hitomi finds herself captured along with her charges, it will take everything she can summon to escape with her life.

Add Sunbolt by Intisar Khanani on Goodreads.

 

About the Author

Intisar Khanani grew up a nomad and world traveler. She has lived in five different states as well as in Jeddah, on the coast of the Red Sea.

Intisar used to write grants and develop projects to address community health and infant mortality 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.

She is the author of The Sunbolt Chronicles, and the Dauntless Path novels, beginning with Thorn.

 

Grab the book via Amazon Canada, Amazon US, or Amazon UK.

 

About BBNYA

The Book Blogger Novel of the Year Award (BBNYA) is an annual competition where book bloggers from all over the world read and score books written by indie authors, ending with 15 finalists and one overall winner. 

If you’re an author and would like to learn more about the BBNYA competition, visit their official website or you can visit the official website or follow them on Twitter.

BBNYA is brought to you in association with the @Foliosociety (if you love beautiful books, you NEED to check out their website!) and the book blogger support group @The_WriteReads.