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“The escapist fantasy we all dream of. A clever mashup of various Arabic tales such as Scheherazade and Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves with an own voices perspective, this is the book you want if you were a fantasy kid! Thrilling and just violent enough to be solidly in the adult category, but entirely ace friendly, its unexpected queer appearance and plethora of Arabic phrases firmly place The Stardust Thief in my top fantasy reads. ”
— Lauren • Chapterhouse Books
Inspired by stories from One Thousand and One Nights, this book weaves together the gripping tale of a legendary smuggler, a cowardly prince, and a dangerous quest across the desert to find a legendary, magical lamp.
Neither here nor there, but long ago . . .
Loulie al-Nazari is the Midnight Merchant: a criminal who, with the help of her jinn bodyguard, hunts and sells illegal magic. When she saves the life of a cowardly prince, she draws the attention of his powerful father, the sultan, who blackmails her into finding an ancient lamp that has the power to revive the barren land—at the cost of sacrificing all jinn.
With no choice but to obey or be executed, Loulie journeys with the sultan's oldest son to find the artifact. Aided by her bodyguard, who has secrets of his own, they must survive ghoul attacks, outwit a vengeful jinn queen, and confront a malicious killer from Loulie's past. And, in a world where story is reality and illusion is truth, Loulie will discover that everything—her enemy, her magic, even her own past—is not what it seems, and she must decide who she will become in this new reality.
Chelsea Abdullah is an American-Kuwaiti writer born and raised in Kuwait, where she grew up listening to stories about mysterious desert creatures and wily (only sometimes likable) heroes.
Consumed by wanderlust, she has put down roots in various states. After earning her MA in English at Duquesne University, she moved to New York, where she currently lives. When not immersed in her own fictional worlds, she spends her free time playing video games, doodling characters, and hoarding books she doesn’t have the shelf space for.
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Audiobook details
Author:
Chelsea Abdullah
Narrators:
Nikki Massoud, Sean Rohani & Rasha Zamamiri
ISBN:
9781668606513
Length:
15 hours 37 minutes
Language:
English
Publisher:
Hachette Audio
Publication date:
May 17, 2022
Edition:
Unabridged
Libro.fm rank:
#6,800 Overall
Genre rank:
#1,230 in Fantasy