The Rose and the Dagger
core novel 2016 The Wrath and the Dawn
Record
| First published | 2016 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.03 (100,859 ratings, collected 2026-08-27) |
| Page count | 420 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780147513861 |
Synopsis
The Rose and the Dagger picks up immediately after The Wrath and the Dawn, following Shahrzad, now Calipha of Khorasan, after she is separated from her husband and reunited with her family and her childhood sweetheart Tariq in the desert. While Khalid remains behind to govern his war-scarred city alone, Shahrzad works with her father, a powerful magician, and with old and new allies to understand and ultimately break the curse that has forced Khalid to kill his brides each dawn. Her journey brings her into contact with rival kingdoms, uneasy alliances, and figures from Khalid's past whose loyalties are far from certain, while her younger sister Irsa steps into a larger role than before.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Wrath and the Dawn
- Series: The Wrath and the Dawn Duology core; position 2 of 2 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Renée Ahdieh
Notes
- From the series record (The Wrath and the Dawn Duology): A complete two-novel retelling of One Thousand and One Nights.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series The Wrath and the Dawn Duology: position 2 of 2: previous The Wrath and the Dawn (2015)
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wrath_%26_the_Dawn
- https://thenerddaily.com/review-the-rose-and-the-dagger-by-renee-ahdieh/
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