A Thousand Nights
core novel 2015 A Thousand Nights
Record
| First published | 2015 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.63 (14,279 ratings, collected 2026-11-01) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781484722275 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
In a desert land inspired by the world of the Arabian Nights, a desert spirit has taken hold of the young king Lo-Melkhiin, and each month he marries a new bride and kills the previous one. By the time the story opens, three hundred girls have died. When he comes to the narrator's village, her beautiful sister is the one expected to be chosen, so the narrator, an unnamed girl, steps forward in her place and goes to the palace to save her. Her family has long prayed to her as a small household goddess, and she carries that devotion with her. She sets out to survive the king, learn what lies behind him, and stop the killing, using the stories she tells him night after night.
Where it sits
- Universe: A Thousand Nights
- Series: A Thousand Nights core; position 1 of 2 in the series' recorded order
- Author: E. K. Johnston
Notes
- From the series record (A Thousand Nights): Two linked retellings in one desert-and-mountain world, set generations apart.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series A Thousand Nights: position 1 of 2: next Spindle (2016)
Sources
- Kirkus Reviews, Spindle
- Bulk Book Store listing (Disney Hyperion edition)
- Kirkus Reviews, A Thousand Nights
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