Black as Diamond
$27.99
- Paperback
496 pages
- Release Date
9 June 2026
Summary
A cursed warrior. A reckless healer. A chance to save the world or condemn it.
Like the rest of the winged eresh keyel, warrior Asaru has spent his life fighting the remnants of a long-dead enemy. When his brother’s squadron disappears from a border keep, Asaru travels into the human realm to investigate, only to become ensnared by a fatal—and unbreakable—curse that could wipe out his people.
When he inadvertently commits a terrible crime, Asaru is thro…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781967967001 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1967967008 |
| Author: | U.M. Agoawike |
| Publisher: | Girl Friday Productions |
| Imprint: | Bindery Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 496 |
| Release Date: | 9 June 2026 |
| Weight: | 576g |
| Dimensions: | 31mm x 141mm x 209mm |
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Critics Review
“A confident introduction to a vast epic fantasy world. …overflowing with color, queerness, and magic.” —Publishers Weekly
“With vivid prose, bone-rattling action, and a queer romance as tender as it is thunderous, Black as Diamond is a dark fantasy gem from the glittering heart of the genre.” —Sophia Slade, author of Nightstrider
“This is the sort of fantasy I love. Layered, detailed world building, lush prose, lovable but flawed found family, and a central magical mystery tying it all together. Black as Diamond is a triumph!”—M. H. Ayinde, author of A Song of Legends Lost
“A wickedly original epic fantasy bound by the familiar threads of friendship, family, and fate. Agoawike’s masterful worldbuilding is in rare balance with characters who shine bright within a world where nobody quite fits, and nothing is as it seems. Dark but boldly hopeful, Black as Diamond is fantasy at its most brilliant!” —Fiona Fenn, author of The Crack at the Heart of Everything
U.M. Agoawike
U. M. Agoawike is a Nigerian Canadian author from Calgary with a BFA in creative writing from the University of British Columbia. The spark for their love of reading and eventually writing was born in their first-grade class, where they preferred devouring their teacher’s corner bookshelves over the mortifying ordeal of being known. When not conjuring speculative new worlds, they dubiously enjoy stressing over lines of code and geeking out over fictional characters with their best friend.
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