The Jasad Heir

core novel 2023 The Scorched Throne

Record

First published	2023
Original language	EN
Work type	novel
Canon status	core
Reader rating	4.08 (63,283 ratings, collected 2026-08-26)
First-edition ISBN	9780356521251
Internal chronology	1

Synopsis

The Jasad Heir opens The Scorched Throne duology, an Egyptian-inspired epic fantasy, roughly ten years after the kingdom of Jasad was destroyed, its magic outlawed and its royal family killed. Sylvia, the last surviving heir of Jasad, has spent the intervening decade hiding under a string of false identities to avoid discovery. Her fragile safety collapses when Arin, the Nizahl Heir tasked with hunting down surviving Jasadi and their magic, tracks a band of Jasadi rebels to her village and she is forced to reveal her own hidden power in front of him. Rather than exposing her at once, Arin proposes an uneasy, dangerous bargain that binds Sylvia to the very enemy sworn to destroy her people, forcing her to help track down the rebels while concealing who she truly is.

Where it sits

• Universe: The Scorched Throne
• Series: The Scorched Throne core; position 1 of 2 in the series' recorded order
• Author: Sara Hashem

Notes

• From the series record (The Scorched Throne): A two-book fantasy duology, inspired by ancient Egyptian mythology, following a fugitive queen hiding her magic and identity while competing in a tournament to reclaim her kingdom.

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 The Scorched Throne: position 1 of 2: next The Jasad Crown (2024)

Sources

• The Scorched Throne duology, publisher catalog page
• https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/sara-hashem/the-jasad-heir/9780316477864/

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