So far, this is my favorite retelling of Arabian Nights (the others I've read being the manhwa One Thousand and One Nights and Cameron Dokey's The Storyteller's DaughterMarjan, a servant girl to a Jewish couple (though more like their adopted daughter), ends up being bought by Shahrazad, as Shahrazad has been telling tales for 982 nights and is ( Read more... )

Mitra and her younger brother Babak are currently living in the City of Bones, caves surrounding the poor part of Rhagae. They're of royal blood, but since their father attempted to overthrow the king, their entire family has been hunted down. Mitra is struggling to just keep herself and Babak fed, and she dreams of Palmyra, where she thinks she ( Read more... )