11 exciting SFF book releases to kick off your New Year right this January
By Lacy Baugher
📢 You can now pre-order signed + personalized copies of WE FREE THE STARS at @interabangbooks! And for supporting an indie, your order will include a gorgeous art print! I can't share it with you just yet, but trust me, it's going to be good.
— Hafsah Faizal (@hafsahfaizal) October 22, 2020
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We Free the Stars – Hafsah Faizal
We Free the Stars is the lavish conclusion to Hafsah Faizal’s Sands of Arawiya duology, a story inspired by Arabian folklore that follows two warriors driven by duty and bound by fate.
This sequel picks up where the previous novel We Hunt the Flame left off. Reeling after the battle on Sharr, the zumra must find a way to retrieve their captive ally, Altair, but finish the larger plot they’ve set in motion – to return magic to all of Arawiya.
Torn between a rescue attempt and everything else going on, including the Lion of the Night’s impending attack and an accidental blood pact that binds her to an ancient tome, Zafira will be pushed to the limit of what she can bear in her effort to save the kingdom.
The official synopsis offers up a bit more detail about what to expect from the story.
"The battle on Sharr is over. The dark forest has fallen. Altair may be captive, but Zafira, Nasir, and Kifah are bound for Sultan’s Keep, determined to finish the plan he set in motion: restoring the hearts of the Sisters of Old to the minarets of each caliphate, and finally returning magic to all of Arawiya. But they are low on resources and allies alike, and the kingdom teems with fear of the Lion of the Night’s return. As the zumra plots to overthrow the kingdom’s darkest threat, Nasir fights to command the magic in his blood. He must learn to hone his power into a weapon, to wield not only against the Lion but against his father, trapped under the Lion’s control. Zafira battles a very different darkness festering in her through her bond with the Jawarat—a darkness that hums with voices, pushing her to the brink of her sanity and to the edge of a chaos she dare not unleash. In spite of the darkness enclosing ever faster, Nasir and Zafira find themselves falling into a love they can’t stand to lose…but time is running out to achieve their ends, and if order is to be restored, drastic sacrifices will have to be made."
We Free the Stars is available on January 19.