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Hardback
Published: 29th July 2025
Hardback, Special edition
Published: 2nd July 2025
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Published: 2nd April 2025
The Prince Without Sorrow (Obsidian Throne, Book 1)
By (Author) Maithree Wijesekara
Book 1
HarperCollins Publishers
HarperVoyager
29th July 2025
27th March 2025
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Historical fantasy
Myths and Legends / Mythic fiction
Narrative theme: Environmental issues / the natural world
823.92
Hardback
384
Width 159mm, Height 240mm, Spine 35mm
800g
The fantasy debut sensation of 2025
WELCOME TO THE RAN EMPIRE.
Where winged serpents fly through the skies.
Giant leopards prowl the earth.
And witches burn blue as they die.
A prince born into violence
Prince Ashoka is considered an outcast for opposing his father Emperor Adil Mauryas brutal destruction of the Mayakari witches.
A witch seeking revenge
Shakti vows retribution for the murder of her aunt and annihilation of her village at the hands of the emperor, even though she is bound by the Mayakaris pacifist code.
A curse that will change the world
In her anger Shakti casts a violent curse, the consequences of which will leave both her and Ashoka grappling for power. Do they take it for themselves and risk becoming what they most hate Or do they risk losing power completely as the world around them is destroyed
Drawing on inspiration from the Mauryan Empire of Ancient India, debut author Maithree Wijesekara plunges readers into the first amazing book of the Obsidian Throne trilogy.
Maithree Wijesekara is an Australian-Sri Lankan writer based in Melbourne. Graduating with a Masters degree in Dentistry, she splits her time between telling people to please brush their teeth, and writing stories inspired by the fantastical and the real world. When she isnt writing, you can find her attempting to finish her never-ending TBR pile and ingesting unhealthy amounts of coffee. If given the chance, she will slip in a mention of her dearly departed Labrador during conversation. You can find her on Instagram @maithree_wijesekara