This is no fairy tale. Where there are happy endings and love fills the air. This is a Genocide. People dying for what they believe in, or are forced to believe. People will betray, slaughter, and die for the things they believe is right. Only to find in the end, it's all relative. But like a field, you may pull the weeds from the roots and throw them into the fire, but they rise again where you do not see them until it is to late. One day you will find that you thought you were in control of your life and that you made the choices, in reality you are the pawn and expendable in your masters plans. We also learn through our paths that humans are feeble creatures of habit and show few if any signs of growth or improvement. We're all grasping for some sort of crown we will never receive, whether being approved of by others, or being Empress. Even we do attain them it doesn't matter our human flesh will only crave more. And there, you shall find what life really is like. Life is a joke.
---------------- Octavia
Noor, a dancer in the Royal Court of the Al-Yauzhan Empire wants nothing more than to pay off her debts and lead a nice, simple life-but a chance encounter with the crown prince and his brother brings her into the dangerous world of court politics. As Noor and the princes investigate their uncle and cousin's possible treason, she grows closer to the crown prince, but in order to save the kingdom and the person she loves, Noor will have to risk everything...
A romantic adventure set in an imagined Arabic kingdom, THE DANCING GIRL is a story of court intrigues, romantic entanglements, and secret meetings as Noor and her best friend Amir try to help the princes they're falling for expose corrupt court officials with plans to seize the throne. Noor and Amir are close to having everything they've ever dreamed of...now all they need to do is survive.