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Every Rising Sun: A Novel
Henry Holt and Co.
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9781250887078
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Traveling through lush courtyards, perilous deserts, and opulent palaces brimming with secrets and treachery, Shaherazade must entertain her dangerous new husband, the Malik, and navigate court intrigue as her homeland teeters on brink of destruction in this sprawling new take on the classic One Thousand and One Nights. In twelfth century, Persia, clever and dreamy Shaherazade stumbles on the Maliks beloved wife entwined with a lover in a sun-dappled courtyard. When Shaherazade slips her first tale, the story of this infidelity, to the Malik, she sets the Seljuk Empire on fire. Enraged at his wifes betrayal, the once-gentle Malik beheads her. But when that killing does not quench his anger, the Malik begins to marry and behead a new girl night after night. Furious at the murders, his province seethes on rebellions edge. To suppress her guilt and quell threats of a revoltand, perhaps, to marry the man she has loved since childhoodShaherazade makes a plan. She persuades her father, the Maliks vizier, to use his sway as a top official and offer her as the Maliks next wife. On their wedding night, Shaherazade starts a tale, but as the sun ascends, she cuts the story off, ensuring that she will live to tell another tale, by repeating this practice night after night. But the Maliks rage runs too deep for Shaherazade to exorcise alone. And so, she and her father persuade the Malik to leave Persiaand the memories of his unfaithful wifeto join Saladins fight against the Crusaders in Palestine. This wider world is even more perilous. With plots spun against Shaherazade and the Seljuks from all corners, Shaherazade must maneuver through intrigue in the ages greatest courts to safeguard her people. All the while, Shaherazade must keep the Malik enticed with her otherworldly talesbecause the slightest misstep could cost Shaherazade her head.
- | Author: Jamila Ahmed
- | Publisher: Henry Holt And Co.
- | Publication Date: Jul 18, 2023
- | Number of Pages: 432 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Hardcover
- | ISBN-10: 1250887070
- | ISBN-13: 9781250887078
- Author:
- Jamila Ahmed
- Publisher:
- Henry Holt And Co.
- Publication Date:
- Jul 18, 2023
- Number of pages:
- 432 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Hardcover
- ISBN-10:
- 1250887070
- ISBN-13:
- 9781250887078