BBNYA Spotlight – The Exile of Zanzibar by Daniel Maidman

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Book Details Length: 580 Pages

Genre: Fantasy, Historical Fiction

Age Category: Adult

Date Published: June 1, 2023

Amazon Link: https://a.co/d/2Vawyul (Canada) https://a.co/d/dieMpao (USA)https://amzn.eu/d/3527aSR (UK)

Goodreads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/122812214-the-exile-of-zanzibar

The Story Graph Link: https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/971695df-1a06-4336-a71c-0940063579df

Blurb Claire built a device to fold space and time.It had a flaw…When the smoke clears, she finds herself halfway across the world, thousands ofyears in the past, and no device in sight.In bronze-age Florence, war has lasted for generations. All Claire wants to do is gethome, but she’ll need help from the locals. She wins an ally in Marcus Diophantus, a pickpocket turned soldier turned general, who hopes to turn into something more than just her champion. Together, they broker peace between Florence and itsenemy.If Marcus is going to help Claire, he’ll have to survive. Peace has upset the balance of power in the capital city. The king stands increasingly alone against: theConstantines, a commercial enterprise as much as a clan, who aim to profit frompeace as they have from war – the warrior nobles, descended from the founders ofFlorence and quick to turn against a weak throne – and Reburrus, the high priest ofFlorence, convinced Claire answers to hostile foreign gods. As the city comes to aboil, Claire and Marcus – and Marcus’s formidable army – will have to decide where their allegiance lies.Claire becomes a reluctant participant in a savage campaign. While Marcus leads the battles, she tries to gain control of the unimaginably powerful Ctesiphôn – a ghosttower in the heart of Florence, shrouded in magic and myth.

Author Bio Daniel Maidman is an author and artist. His art is included in the permanentcollections of the Library of Congress and a number of American art museums. Hisnon-fiction has been published in The Hufington Post, The Critical Flame, WhitehotMagazine, and many others. His art and writing are archived on the Moon as part ofthe Lunar Codex project. His debut novel, The Exile of Zanzibar, was a semifinalist inMark Lawrence’s independent fantasy novel competition SPFBO in 2023. He is hardat work on the sequel, Lucky Angel. He works in New York City.