Allister Nelson

Ghazal: Rani the Roc Rider (A Thousand and One Arabian Nights Retelling) Allister Nelson

Rani, Queen of the Ruins, escapes a forced marriage to a ghoul aback her Roc, Ghazal, and becomes the Poet Queen of Lotan, the outlaw desert mythland of djinn, dakinis, phoenixes, and Ifrit. By day, she hunts aback Ghazal the Roc with her phoenix-fletched arrows, and come evening, she sips Chai, reciting poetry for thieves, kings, and demons alike.

But soon, a strange Necromancer, smelling of honey and rot, visits the peaceful Lotan, bringing news the Ghoul King has come to claim Rani forcefully as his Bride, and bring Lotan to waste. Rani must risk it all - Ghazal and life included - to save the land she loves!

(Action-packed One Thousand and One Arabian Nights Retelling)