The Ashfire King
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3.5 • 2 Ratings
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Publisher Description
A merchant and a prince trapped in the crumbling realm of jinn must figure out how to save one world to return to their own in the second book in the Sandsea Trilogy, perfect for fans of The City of Brass and The Bone Shard Daughter.
★ "Once again Abdullah deftly conjures magic." ―Library Journal (starred review)
Neither here nor there, but long ago…
After fleeing a patricidal prince, legendary merchant Loulie al-Nazari and banished prince Mazen bin Malik find themselves in the realm of jinn. But instead of sanctuary, they find a world on the cusp of collapse.
The jinn cities, long sheltered beneath the Sandsea by the magic of its kings, are sinking. Amid the turmoil, political alliances are forming, and rebellion is on the rise. When Loulie assists a dissenter—one of her bodyguard’s old comrades—she puts herself in the center of a centuries-old war.
Trapped in a world that isn’t her own and wielding magic that belongs to a fallen king, Loulie must decide: Will she carry on someone else’s legacy or carve out her own?
The Sandsea Trilogy
The Stardust Thief
The Ashfire King
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The expansive middle installment of Abdullah's Sandsea trilogy explores a sand-swept land of magic, mystery, and lost legacies. Following the dramatic events of 2023's The Stardust Thief, magic merchant Loulie al-Nazari and her companions—storyteller Prinze Mazen bin Malik and conflicted thief Aisha—have been cast into the Sandsea, the sunken realm of the jinn. Meanwhile, Loulie's jinn bodyguard, Qadir, once a mighty king, is missing. After helping one of Qadir's old buddies—the legendary jinn Rijah, also known as the Shapeshifter—this cadre of unlikely allies are swept up in an ancient struggle between jinn factions, one that will determine the fate of several realms. With trust in short supply and powerful foes closing in, Loulie, Mazen, and Aisha must master terrible powers and navigate age-old rivalries to save the Sandsea from a terrible fate. Abdullah continues to cleverly integrate tales from One Thousand and One Nights into her intricate worldbuilding while delivering a heady mix of adventure and romance. With several major threads left tantalizingly dangling, this sets things up nicely for an epic finale.
