The Lost Color of Namiri

2025 Winner of the Firebird International Book Award
A world obsessed with color leaves no room for mercy.Humankind is gone, and in the wild order that follows, tribes judge every child by color. Those of mixed blood are cast aside and left for dead. 

But the jungle keeps its own counsel. The Pariahs—a tribe of the discarded—rescue the unwanted and claim them as their own.

Raza leads them, yet his golden tones set him even further apart in a society that sees only black and white. It is the mark of something ancient and unknown, a challenge to the order that shaped him. His every choice now balances between protecting his people and proving the system a lie.


As tribal war brews and the old order begins to crack, Raza must face the truth of who he is and decide if he will serve the laws that reject him or transcend them.

The Lost Color of Namiri is an award-winning dark fantasy and animal allegory perfect for fans of The Gilded Ones, Midnight Robber, and My Soul to Keep.


In a strange land obsessed with color, can one outcast prove that blood is the only shade that matters?
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