The rains on the outskirts of the city have been acidic for years, strong enough to burn through plastic, skin, and wood. At the end of the world, buildings collapse, resources grow scarce, and people grow paranoid. Storms grow stronger, waters grow higher, and the state grows crueler.
Among this social unrest, a transmasc herb-worker named Jaye cultivates a small garden inside of a greenhouse. They maintain a supply of healing plants to keep themself and their community safe. Their friends, lovers, and neighbors trade and create essential items--candles, materials, clothes, food--for survival among themselves. At the end of the world, all that we have is each other.
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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.