Morning Star (Raven novel)

Morning Star
First edition Morning Star book cover
Author Simon Raven
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Series First Born of Egypt
Genre Novel
Publisher Frederick Muller
Publication date
21 June 1984
Media type Hardback and paperback
Pages 188 pp (hardback edition)
ISBN 0-85634-138-X (hardback edition)
OCLC 16277397
823/.914 20
LC Class PR6068.A9 M67 1984

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