Usurper Kings

By Sapha Burnell

"From her amazingly visceral opening of Let There Be Light to her final haunting echo in the book’s epilogue, Burnell’s voice jumps off the page, much like a microphone-wielding circus MC standing centre ring. [Usurper Kings is] a work of breathtakingly beautiful discovery." Kevin Hogan

Sapha Burnell’s stellar poetry collection inspects the feminine through time.

From act I’s genesis and the search for meaning within the hunter gatherer mindset, to the existential singularity of a transhumanist future, Usurper Kings is a mind bending cerebral and emotionally rebellious series of poems.

Infinitely feminine, mighty and sometimes rebellious, the essence of Usurper Kings is the search to remember feminine might and discover the power to take it back.

• Language: English
• Publisher: House of Hallowes
• Release date: Feb 1, 2023
• ISBN: 9781988034041

Sapha Burnell

Cyberpunk + Myth "I never thought a work of science fiction could be so beautiful." Artisan Book Reviews Sapha Burnell is a Canadian novelist, who teethed on images of the Berlin Wall falling down. Caught between cultures in British Columbia, with two decades of humanitarian work focusing in West Africa, Sapha developed a love for cyberpunk, science fiction & comparative mythologies.  Concentrating on emotive, action fuelled works for the adventurous adult, Sapha plays between beauty and grit, with impactful stories chock full of emotion and pugilism.  The Lieben Cycle Book 1: NEON Lieben has been defined as "an insane, diabolical cyberpunk rollercoaster", and "A good blend of hard sci fi with a bit of space opera... couldn't put it down!". 

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