“Bihaqi alsama’,” Jahmil cursed. “Must you always speak in riddles?”

“I want to tell you a story, amir.”

“I do not want to hear your story. I want you to answer my question.”

“It’s a story of two princes fighting to save their kingdoms at any cost, and a lost little girl who was the only one that could help them.”

For ten years, street musician Ayelet has been on the run from the faceless slave master who tormented her childhood. The sight of a wisp or the jewel-toned eyes of a djinn warn her when evil draws near. She must always keep moving and never allow herself to become attached to any place or anyone.

One last performance, one last song, before she must leave again. Ayelet sees a djinn watching her from the back of the crowd, his diamond eyes shifting with every color. Jahmil Amir, heir to the throne of Shihala, tempts her with a promise as beautiful as it is forbidden.

But the Faceless Man will not be forgotten. Ayelet has been forged into an instrument of cataclysmic destruction. She must find the strength to fight against the destiny that has been carved into her bone, or a power will be unleashed that will destroy Jahmil’s kingdom and her last hope for a home of her own.

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