or that he'd help her unlock the powerful truth of who she really is. And she'd never have predicted she'd fall in love with him. But in all her years spent dreaming of leaving home, she never imagined she'd gallop away on a mythical horse, fleeing the murderous Sultan's army, with a fugitive who's wanted for treason. When she meets Jin, a mysterious and devastatingly handsome foreigner, in a shooting contest, she figures he’s the perfect escape route.
But there's nothing mystical or magical about Dustwalk, the dead-end town that Amani can't wait to escape from.ĭestined to wind up "wed or dead," Amani’s counting on her sharpshooting skills to get her out of Dustwalk. Mortals rule the desert nation of Miraji, but mystical beasts still roam the wild and barren wastes, and rumor has it that somewhere, djinni still practice their magic. She’s more gunpowder than girl-and the fate of the desert lies in her hands. Published by Viking Books for Young Readers on March 8th 2016īuy on Amazon, Buy on Barnes & Noble, Buy from The Book Depository I can see why it won the Goodreads Choice Award for debut author. Alwyn Hamilton did a fantastic job crafting a tale that combines a spunky, sharp-shooting, female protagonist with mystical middle-eastern mythology. Luckily, Rebel of the Sands saved me from that fate. I’ve read too many that were crummy, and I was about to write off genre altogether (unfair, I know). I’ve been feeling sort of down and out with young adult novels lately.
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