From Saladin Ahmed, finalist for the Nebula and Campbell
Awards, comes one of the year's most anticipated fantasy
debuts: THRONE OF THE CRESCENT MOON, a fantasy adventure
with all the magic of The Arabian Nights. The Crescent Moon
Kingdoms, home to djenn and ghuls, holy warriors and
heretics, are at the boiling point of a power struggle
between the iron- fisted Khalif and the mysterious master
thief known as the Falcon Prince. In the midst of this
brewing rebellion a series of brutal supernatural murders
strikes at the heart of the Kingdoms. It is up to a handful
of heroes to learn the truth behind these killings. Doctor
Adoulla Makhslood, "the last real ghul hunter in the great
city of Dhamsawaat," just wants a quiet cup of tea. Three
score and more years old, he has grown weary of hunting
monsters and saving lives, and is more than ready to retire
from his dangerous and demanding vocation. But when an old
flame's family is murdered, Adoulla is drawn back to the
hunter's path. Raseed bas Raseed, Adoulla's young assistant,
is a hidebound holy warrior whose prowess is matched only by
his piety. But even as Raseed's sword is tested by ghuls and
manjackals, his soul is tested when he and Adoulla cross
paths with the tribeswoman Zamia. Zamia Badawi, Protector of
the Band, has been gifted with the near- mythical power of
the lion-shape, but shunned by her people for daring to take
up a man's title. She lives only to avenge her father's
death. Until she learns that Adoulla and his allies also
hunt her father's killer. Until she meets Raseed. When they
learn that the murders and the Falcon Prince's brewing
revolution are connected, the companions must race against
time-and struggle against their own misgivings-to save the
life of a vicious despot. In so doing they discover a plot
for the Throne of the Crescent Moon that threatens to turn
Dhamsawaat, and the world itself, into a blood-soaked ruin.
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