Long after the Towers left the world but before the dragons came to Daluça, the emperor brought his delegation of gods and diplomats to Olorum. As the royalty negotiates over trade routes and public services, the divinity seeks arcane assistance among the local gods.
Aqib bgm Sadiqi, fourth-cousin to the royal family and son of the Master of Beasts, has more mortal and pressing concerns. His heart has been captured for the first time by a handsome Daluçan soldier named Lucrio. In defiance of Saintly Canon, gossiping servants, and the furious disapproval of his father and brother, Aqib finds himself swept up in a whirlwind gay romance. But, neither Aqib nor Lucrio know whether their love can survive all the hardships the world has to throw at them.
past mingling with future, exotic magic spiced with futuristic science, gods with too-huma
"[A Taste of Honey] tells a story that is as much about loss and memory as it is about the reclamation of one's identity... a beautiful look at love in its many forms."
The Washington Post
"One of our most stylistically and thematically original fantasists."
Saladin Ahmed, author of Throne of the Crescent Moon
