Scheherazade weaves a magical tale of love and survival in this captivating retelling of Arabian Nights
Duizend nachten Reeks
Deze serie neemt lezers mee naar een ruig woestijnlandschap, waarbij thema's als liefde, mysterie en magie worden verweven. Het volgt een dappere hoofdpersoon die sluwheid en de kracht van verhalen vertellen gebruikt om een formidabele koning te overleven. Terwijl ze haar verhalen spint, ontdekt ze verborgen magie en vindt ze haar eigen kracht, waarmee ze de grenzen van macht en genegenheid uitdaagt. Dit sfeervolle verhaal is een boeiende verkenning van moed, opoffering en de onverwachte banden die kunnen ontstaan in het aangezicht van duisternis.
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"Lo-Melkhiin killed three hundred girls before he came to my village, looking for a wife."When Lo-Melkhiin - a formidable king - arrives at her desert home, she knows that he will take her beautiful sister for a wife. Desperate to save her sister from certain death, she makes the ultimate sacrifice - leaving home and family behind to live with a fearful man. But it seems that a strange magic flows between her and Lo-Melkhiin, and night after night, she survives. Finding power in storytelling, the words she speaks are given strange life of their own. Little things, at first: a dress from home, a vision of her sister. But she dreams of bigger, more terrible magic: power enough to save a king . . . if only she can stop her heart from falling for a monster.Set against a harsh desert backdrop, A Thousand Nights by E K Johnston is an evocative tale of love, mystery and magic that would not feel out of place if Scheherazade herself were telling it. And perhaps she is...
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The world is made safe by a woman . . . but it is a very big world. It has been generations since the Storyteller Queen saved her country from fire and blood - but now, the kingdom of Kharuf is threatened by a demon gathering power. When a princess is born, the demon is ready with her final blow: a curse that will cost that princess her very soul, or force her to destroy her own people to save her life. The threads of magic are tightly spun, binding princess and exiled spinners into a desperate plot to break the curse. But the web of power is dangerously tangled - and they may not see the true pattern until it is unspooled.Kingdom of Sleep by the critically acclaimed E. K. Johnston, is a spellbinding retelling of an enchanting fairy tale with the power of story at its heart.
