The Blood of the Hoopoe

War is breaking out in Kadingir. Still struggling to accept her role as a long prophesied icon of unification between Is-Land and Non-Land, Astra Ordott is on a journey across the wind sands to join her father and his people - the mystics of Shiimti, who claim to hold the secret of truly healing the damaged relationship between human beings and the Earth.

Astra's desperate to get there quickly, but when her guide and companion, the shepherd Muzi, leads her off course into the path of a vicious sandstorm, she is forced to confront what the gods of their devastated world might be telling her: that there will be no refuge from her destiny.

About the Author

Naomi Foyle was born in London, England, and grew up in Hong Kong, Liverpool and Saskatchewan. After spending the late nineties working in South Korea and travelling in Central America, Asia and Australia, she now lives in Brighton a pebble’s throw from the sea.

Naomi’s first novel, Seoul Survivors, a cyber-thriller set in South Korea, was published by Jo Fletcher Books in February 2013. Her second novel, Astra, the first book in The Gaia Chronicles, an eco-SF series set in a post-fossil fuel Mesopotamia, appeared from JFB in 2014, followed in 2015 by Rook Song.