When Khadija’s father arranges a match, she leaps at a chance to escape–a hot air balloon fighting its ropes for the sky. Soon, she is flying over the desert sands of her world, swept up in an adventure of black magic, jinn and revolution beyond her wildest dreams...
Book Features:
- Follows sixteen-year-old Khadija, who flees her home in a stolen hot air balloon to escape an arranged marriage.
- A commercial and beautifully uplifting fantasy adventure debut by an enthralling new talent, Aneesa Marufu, drawing on the author’s South Asian heritage.
- Explores racism, misogyny and extremism in a highly original fantasy universe.
- Shades of Noughts & Crosses, We Hunt the Flame and Rebel of the Sands.
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