Morning Star (Raven novel)

Morning Star is Volume I of the novel sequence First Born of Egypt by Simon Raven, published in 1984.

Morning Star
First edition Morning Star book cover
AuthorSimon Raven
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
SeriesFirst Born of Egypt
GenreNovel
PublisherFrederick Muller
Publication date
21 June 1984
Media typeHardback and paperback
Pages188 pp (hardback edition)
ISBN0-85634-138-X (hardback edition)
OCLC16277397
823/.914 20
LC ClassPR6068.A9 M67 1984

Set in 1977, the novel features a large cast of upper-class characters and continues the story from Raven’s Alms for Oblivion novel sequence.

Plot summary

The plot revolves around the behaviour of a 12-year-old boy called Marius Stern, who is suspended from his boarding school for hitting another boy. Scientist Ptolemaeos Tunne, with the assistance of Jeremy Morrison, attempt to get to the bottom of Marius' behaviour. Marius has a crush on Jeremy and persuades him to share his bed, though nothing sexual happens.

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