The Serpent's Veil
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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.
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