Brilliantly rich in characters and beautiful world
A story of two people doing the opposite of what they want or are intended to do? Zafira is a girl that hunts to provide food for her people but if it is discovered that she is a girl everything she's done will be for nothing and she will lose everything she has gained. She kills so people may live.
Nasir is the deadly assassin for his evil father even though his heart isn't in the killings. He wants to resist and lead the people but how can he when the sultan is so powerful? He cannot afford feelings of compassion or remorse. People died because he lives.
The forest of Arz grows ever more dangerous and closer to the edges of the caliphates. Those who venture in rarely come back out with their sanity in tact. In fact, most never return at all because of the spirits inside the forest. The forest has a life of its own and takes anyone that ventures in.
Somehow all of these pieces have to fit together for the good of the people.
Nasir is the deadly assassin for his evil father even though his heart isn't in the killings. He wants to resist and lead the people but how can he when the sultan is so powerful? He cannot afford feelings of compassion or remorse. People died because he lives.
The forest of Arz grows ever more dangerous and closer to the edges of the caliphates. Those who venture in rarely come back out with their sanity in tact. In fact, most never return at all because of the spirits inside the forest. The forest has a life of its own and takes anyone that ventures in.
Somehow all of these pieces have to fit together for the good of the people.