**The New York Times bestselling novel by the Goodreads Choice
Awards Best Debut Author of 2016, published in 15 countries!
**
Mortals rule the desert nation of Miraji, but mythical beasts still roam
the wild and remote areas, and rumor has it that somewhere, djinn still
perform their magic. For humans, it's an unforgiving place, especially
if you're poor, orphaned, or female.
Amani Al'Hiza is all three. She's a gifted gunslinger with perfect aim,
but she can't shoot her way out of Dustwalk, the back-country town where
she's destined to wind up wed or dead. Then she meets Jin, a rakish
foreigner, in a shooting contest, and sees him as the perfect escape
route. But though she's spent years dreaming of leaving Dustwalk, she
never imagined she'd gallop away on mythical horse--or that it would
take a foreign fugitive to show her the heart of the desert she thought
she knew.
A New York Times bestseller
Film rights optioned by Willow Smith
**"Evokes such disparate influences - 1,001 Arabian Nights, Hindu
lore, and Navajo myth, as well as, inevitably, the triumvirate of
Tolkien, Lucas and Rowling." --The New York Times Book Review
"Fans of Sarah Maas and Victoria Aveyard should give this one a try."
--VOYA