![]() a man who turns out to be the state's leading censor, a shadowy and powerful figure known only as 'the Hand'. But their budding love affair is cruelly ended when her father arranges a marriage for her with a man of her class. Alif has fallen in love with the beguiling Intisar, an aristocratic woman he meets online. His job is to provide security to enemies of the Arab states, ranging from pornographers to militant Islamists. Now we are Unseen.Īlif is a 23-year-old Arab/Indian hacker working in the Arab Emirates. ![]() You used to walk among us, and we among you. Welcome to the Empty Quarter, the domain of Djinn, ghouls, demons and the effrit who take the shapes of beasts. Open the first page and you will be forced to do its bidding: To read on.' - Gregory Maguire, author of Wicked and Out of Oz Willow Wilson conjures up a tale of literary enchantment, political change, and religious mystery. ![]() ![]() A cool and sophisticated page-turner that will enchant readers who love the works of Philip Pullman and Neil Gaiman.ĭriven by a hot ionic charge between higher math and Arabian myth, G. When a young Arab-Indian hacker - who protects watched groups from surveillance - discovers The Thousand and One Days, the secret book of the jinn, he finds himself in a life and death struggle against forces seen and unseen. ![]()
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