"A story threaded with shimmering vibrance and beauty, A Thousand
Nights will weave its spell over readers' hearts and leave them
captivated long after the final tale has been told." -- Alexandra
Bracken, New York Times best-selling author of The Darkest Minds
series
A dazzling retelling of Arabian Nights, A THOUSAND NIGHTS is a tale of
family, love and power that would not feel out of place if Scheherazade
herself were telling it. And maybe she is...
Lo-Melkhiin killed three hundred girls before he came to her village,
looking for a wife. When she sees the dust cloud on the horizon, she
knows he has arrived. She knows he will want the loveliest girl: her
sister. She vows she will not let her be next. And so she is taken in
her sister's place. Night after night, Lo-Melkhiin comes to her and
listens to the stories she tells, and day after day she is awoken by the
sunrise. Exploring the palace, she begins to unlock years of fear that
have tormented and silenced a kingdom. Lo-Melkhiin was not always a
cruel ruler. Something went wrong.
Far away, back in their village, her sister is mourning. Through her
pain, she calls upon the desert winds, conjuring a subtle unseen magic,
and something besides death stirs the air. Then at the palace, the words
she speaks to Lo-Melkhiin every night are given a strange life of their
own. Little things, at first: a dress from home, a vision of her sister.
With each tale she spins, her power grows. Soon she dreams of bigger,
more terrible magic: power enough to save a king, if she can put an end
to the rule of a monster.
