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The Stardust Thief
Title: The Stardust Thief
Author: Chelsea Abdullah
Genre: Fantasy
Age Range: Adult
Publisher: Orbit
Release Date: 5/19/22
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The Stardust Thief
Inspired by stories from One Thousand and One Nights, this book weaves together the gripping tale of a legendary smuggler, a cowardly prince, and a dangerous quest across the desert to find a legendary, magical lamp.
Neither here nor there, but long ago . . .
Loulie al-Nazari is the Midnight Merchant: a criminal who, with the help of her jinn bodyguard, hunts and sells illegal magic. When she saves the life of a cowardly prince, she draws the attention of his powerful father, the sultan, who blackmails her into finding an ancient lamp that has the power to revive the barren land—at the cost of sacrificing all jinn.
With no choice but to obey or be executed, Loulie journeys with the sultan’s oldest son to find the artifact. Aided by her bodyguard, who has secrets of his own, they must survive ghoul attacks, outwit a vengeful jinn queen, and confront a malicious killer from Loulie’s past. And, in a world where story is reality and illusion is truth, Loulie will discover that everything—her enemy, her magic, even her own past—is not what it seems, and she must decide who she will become in this new reality.
REVIEW
The Stardust Thief
by Chelsea Abdullah @chelsabdullah
A huge thank you to @orbitbooks_us @hachettebooks @chelsabdullah for sending me a copy of this book.
-A legendary smuggler
-A cowardly prince
-A quest for a mythical lamp
-Foreshadowing
-Found-family
-A cliffhanging ending
The Stardust Thief by Chelsea Abdullah is an epic start to a trilogy inspired by One Thousand and One Nights.
A sand shifting quest fantasy with multi-perspective narration Phenomenal world building with lush descriptive setting. storytelling within a story, that is infused with lore and legend. Nods to such classic tales from One Thousand and One Nights as “Aladdin,” “Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves,”
“Death in a free land is better than life in a gilded cage.”
“Let us speak of lies and truths, and of the story hidden between them.”
“If there is only to be one more tale tonight, let it be the one about the storyteller who changed her fate with her fables. Let it be a story about stories and the power they have to sway mortal hearts.”
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This was such a good start to a new trilogy! Those are such pretty photos 😍
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