![]() The world is rich, and I’d love to explore the different caliphates more – particularly the palace and Sarasin. It’s an engaging start to a series, introducing the leads and conflict without feeling like its sole purpose is to set up a series. I think I will re-read it in a few months, because I don’t feel like I got everything the book had on offer. Maybe if I hadn’t been less tired and hadn’t looking forward to it so much, and if I hadn’t heard so much praise, then I might have enjoyed it even more because my expectations were so high. This was one of my most anticipated reads of this half of the year, and I was really excited when it Macmillan announced they’d acquired it. But an ancient evil stirs as their journey unfolds, and the prize they seek may pose a threat greater than either can imagine . . . And when Zafira embarks on a quest to restore magic to her suffering world, Nasir is sent by the sultan on a similar mission: retrieve magic and kill the hunter. ![]() ![]() If he refuses he will be punished in the most brutal of ways.īoth are legends in the kingdom of Arawiya – but neither wants to be. Nasir is the infamous Prince of Death, assassinating those foolish enough to defy his autocratic father, the sultan. ![]() If she is exposed as a girl, all of her achievements will be rejected. Forced to disguise herself as a man, she braves the cursed forest to feed her people. ![]()
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