Sara Hashem – författare

In the thrilling conclusion to the Egyptian-inspired Scorched Throne duology, a fugitive queen may be the key to restoring her lost kingdom of Jasad, but it could cost her everything and everyone she loves. Held deep in a mountain refuge, Sylvia has been captured by the Urabi, who believe she can return their homeland to its former power. But after years of denying her legacy and a forbidden alliance with Jasad''s greatest enemy, Sylvia must win the group''s trust while struggling to keep control of both her magic and her mind. In the rival kingdom, Arin is caught between his father''s desire to put down the brewing rebellion and the sacred edicts he''s sworn to uphold. Arin must find Sylvia before his father''s army, but his search will call into question the very core of Arin''s beliefs about his family and the destruction of Jasad. War is inevitable and Sylvia cannot abandon her people again. The Urabi plan to raise the Jasadi fortress, and it will either kill Sylvia or destroy the humanity she''s fought so hard to protect. For the first time in her life Sylvia doesn''t just want to survive. She wants to win.The fugitive queen is ready to come home.

In a world of scorched kingdoms, forbidden magic, and cunning royals, a fugitive queen strikes a deadly bargain with her fallen kingdom''s greatest enemy and soon finds herself embroiled in a political game that could resurrect her scorched kingdom or leave it in ashes forever in this stunning debut epic fantasy.

At ten years old, the Heir of Jasad flees a massacre that takes her entire family.At fifteen, she buries her first body.At twenty, the clock is ticking on Sylvia''s third attempt at home. Nizahl''s armies have laid waste to Jasad and banned magic across the four remaining kingdoms. Fortunately, Sylvia''s magic is as good at playing dead as she is.When the Nizahl Heir tracks a group of Jasadis to Sylvia''s village, the quiet life she''s crafted unravels. Calculating and cold, Arin''s tactical brilliance is surpassed only by his hatred for magic. When a mistake exposes Sylvia''s magic, Arin offers her an escape: compete as Nizahl''s Champion in the Alcalah tournament and win immunity from persecution. In exchange, Arin will use her as bait to draw out the Jasadis he''s hunting.To win the deadly Alcalah, Sylvia must work with Arin to free her trapped magic, all while staying a step ahead of his efforts to uncover her identity. But as the two grow closer, Sylvia realizes winning her freedom as Nizahl''s Champion means destroying any chance of reuniting Jasad under her banner. The scorched kingdom is rising again, and Sylvia will have to choose between the life she''s earned and the one she left behind.

''The Jasad Heir takes familiar fantasy plot elements-a destroyed kingdom; a hidden heir to the lost throne-and gives them a thrilling extra layer of political complexity. The slow burn between protagonist and antagonist will have you turning pages in a frenzy. Sara Hashem is a talent to watch!''Shelley Parker-Chan, author of She Who Became the Sun