"Regis, I see that you care a lot about your friend, but you can't completely ignore his actions. You yourself described him as impulsive. What should keep him from committing such an act again? Now Regis also stood up and came close to Livia. He bent down to her until only a few centimeters separated their faces. His cool breath embraced her like the first snow in winter. She could not turn her gaze away from him and remained motionless. "His conscience."

Prince of Persia meets The Wrath and the Dawn in this epic retelling of the life of the Abbasid Queen Al-Khayzuran. Arabia - Circa 764. Al-Khayzuran's life changes forever when she is kidnapped from her home and sold to a caravan returning from Hajj. An unlikely and altogether fateful series of events leads her face to face with the gates of the capital, a mysterious desert spirit, and a young prince on the verge of rising to the seat of Caliph. Thrust into a world of deception, royalty, intrigue and war, Khayzuran must learn everything she can as fast as she can, or leave her fate in the hands of her enemies.

"GOD SAVE ANYONE WHO STANDS IN HER WAY." Even the painters couldn't capture the kind of darkness with which she made an empire bow. • winner of thefaefolk's book of the month • © sianna okaat 2017 • 284 in fantasy • 5 in #tarot •