Beginning with a short, dark prologue of torture which introduces us to a powerful, evil raiser of ghuls known as ?the gaunt man? and his jackal-faced assistant, we are then introduced to our atypical hero, Dr. 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.Ī welcome new voice in fantasy, read with aplombĪhmed?s debut is a welcome new voice in fantasy. 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. Until she learns that Adoulla and his allies also hunt her father’s killer.

She lives only to avenge her father’s death. 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. 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. Raseed bas Raseed, Adoulla’s young assistant, is a hidebound holy warrior whose prowess is matched only by his piety. But when an old flame’s family is murdered, Adoulla is drawn back to the hunter’s path. 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. It is up to a handful of heroes to learn the truth behind these killings:ĭoctor Adoulla Makhslood, “the last real ghul hunter in the great city of Dhamsawaat,” just wants a quiet cup of tea.

In the midst of this brewing rebellion a series of brutal supernatural murders strikes at the heart of the Kingdoms. 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.

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