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Violence
Some
Action violence and revolutionary combat throughout; some deaths
Language
Barely any
Mild language throughout
Sexual Content
Barely any
Slow-burn romantic tension; mild
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
Some
Moderate: the desert world's dangers and the escalating stakes of revolution create sustained tension
What this book is about
Amani is a young woman in the dusty desert town of Dustwalk, in the kingdom of Miraji, with a legendary ability to shoot and a desperate desire to escape. When she falls in with Jin — a handsome, dangerous foreign rebel — she's swept into a revolution against the Sultan's rule and discovers that the desert legends she grew up with are considerably more real than she imagined. Alwyn Hamilton's debut blends Middle Eastern-inspired world-building, compelling romantic tension, and propulsive adventure.
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