Pakistan’s First Fantasy Book Published By National Book Foundation
Pakistan’s First Fantasy Book Published By National Book Foundation: Five Wishes and the Prophecy of the Prince, written in a modernized Shakespearean style mixed with contemporary musicals, is about the fight between “good and evil” and revolves around the five fairies who are beautiful but lazy and entitled.
Emerging lawyer-cum-author Faran Kiani claims to be the first young-adult (YA) fantasy adventure writer to be published by the National Book Foundation of Pakistan (NBF). He self-published his second novel Five Wishes and the Prophecy of the Prince last year and the book has now been picked up by NBF Pakistan for further publication and distribution.
Over 1,000 copies so far have been sold, since self-publishing it last year. As there are no literary agents in Pakistan the literature circle is struggling in Pakistan.
But despite the hurdles, he intends to continue writing. “I’ve got an entire series planned. I’m currently writing the sequel to Five Wishes and the Prophecy of the Prince,” Kiani revealed.
In fact, in an earlier interview, Kiani had revealed that he wrote his first novel Kiva – The Hidden Kingdom and he published that book on Amazon.
Kiani said he has approached a couple of top channels and production houses here who seemed interested in the beginning but then backed out eventually.
Five Wishes and the Prophecy of the Prince is available at over 40 NBF outlets and other bookstores across Pakistan.
Another Self Published Fantasy Book
Aoife and Demon trilogy: Cursed be the Syhlain is authored by two new Pakistani writers Humeira Kazmi and Shamila Ghyas. As you peak into another realm, it takes you into a world of magic, mystery, sarcasm and a compelling power struggle.
It is the story of Aoife Edwards, a college senior, who lives in the shadow of her power hungry stepmother who uses her to attract the very elite whom Aoife loves to stun, infuriate and mock. It all, however, comes to a sudden halt on that fateful day when Aoife is visited by a blue-skinned man, and consequently, is thrown in the personal chambers of a bad to the bone Demon King.
Aoife, unaware of her legacy and past, is truly in for a surprise when she has to team up with her arch nemesis, Demon, to break a curse, defeat a formidable army, and restore glory to a lost kingdom, while discovering the truth about her own past.
It won the Summer Indie Book Awards (SIBA) 2016 for Best Fantasy Fiction, and it does not disappoint.
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