Books Details
Author : Renée Ahdieh Pages : 395 pages Publisher : G.P. Putnam's Sons
Books for Young Readers Language : eng ISBN-10 : 0147513855 ISBN-13 :
9780147513854
Books Descriptions
There is an alternate cover edition for this ISBN13 here.A sumptuous and
epically told love story inspired by A Thousand and One NightsEvery dawn
brings horror to a different family in a land ruled by a killer. Khalid, the
eighteen-year-old Caliph of Khorasan, takes a new bride each night only to
have her executed at sunrise. So it is a suspicious surprise when sixteen-
year-old Shahrzad volunteers to marry Khalid. But she does so with a
clever plan to stay alive and exact revenge on the Caliph for the murder of
her best friend and countless other girls. Shazi's wit and will, indeed, get
her through to the dawn that no others have seen, but with a catch . . .
she?s falling in love with the very boy who killed her dearest friend.She
discovers that the murderous boy-king is not all that he seems and neither
are the deaths of so many girls. Shazi is determined to uncover the reason
for the murders and to break the cycle once and for all.
