A thrilling, inventive follow-up to The Desert of Souls by Howard Andrew
Jones, a "rare master of the storyteller's art" (Greenmanreview.com)
As a snowfall blankets 8th century Mosul, a Persian noblewoman arrives
at the home of the scholar Dabir and his friend the swordsman Captain
Asim. Najya has escaped from a dangerous cabal that has ensorcelled her
to track down ancient magical tools of tremendous power, the bones of
the old ones.
To stop the cabal and save Najya, Dabir and Asim venture into the worst
winter in human memory, hunted by a shape-changing assassin. The
stalwart Asim is drawn irresistibly toward the beautiful Persian even as
Dabir realizes she may be far more dangerous a threat than anyone who
pursues them, for her enchantment worsens with the winter. As their
opposition grows, Dabir and Asim have no choice but to ally with their
deadliest enemy, the treacherous Greek necromancer, Lydia. But even if
they can trust one another long enough to escape their foes, it may be
too late for Najya, whose soul is bound up with a vengeful spirit intent
on sheathing the world in ice for a thousand years...
