A Taste of Honey
core novella 2016 The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps
Record
| First published | 2016 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novella |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.85 (2,616 ratings, collected 2026-09-15) |
| Page count | 160 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780765390042 |
| Internal chronology | 2 |
Synopsis
A Taste of Honey, published by Kai Ashante Wilson in 2016, is set in the same world as The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps. Aqib, a young royal assistant, meets Lucrio, a diplomatic envoy visiting from a neighboring kingdom, during a state occasion, and the two men find themselves drawn to each other despite the cultural prohibitions their societies place on relationships like theirs. Over the course of Lucrio's stay, Aqib and Lucrio begin a secret romance, one that forces Aqib to weigh his growing feelings against the expectations of his family and the religious obligations that have shaped his life so far. Told through a non-linear structure that follows the ripple effects of Aqib's choices across years, the novella traces how this brief, forbidden connection continues to shape the rest of his life.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps
- Series: The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps core; position 2 of 2 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Kai Ashante Wilson
Notes
- From the series record (The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps): Two novellas set in the same shared fantasy world (an informally named 'Wildeeps' setting), following demigod caravan guards and their entanglements with gods and men; no formally numbered series title exists. No further installments confirmed; the setting also includes earlier short fiction ("Legendaire", "Super Bass") not registered here as no standalone edition/ISBN was confirmed for them.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps: position 2 of 2: previous The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps (2015)
Sources
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