The Stardust Thief
core novel 2022 The Sandsea Trilogy
Record
| First published | 2022 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.97 (29,814 ratings, collected 2026-08-26) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780316368865 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
The first book of the Sandsea Trilogy opens in a world inspired by One Thousand and One Nights, where magical jinn once lived alongside humans before withdrawing into the mystical Sandsea, and where seven especially powerful jinn rulers called ifrit were said to hold extraordinary power. Loulie al-Nazari, known in the black market as the Midnight Merchant, trades illegally in relics with the help of her fire-jinn bodyguard Qadir. When the sultan discovers her secret, he coerces her into leading an expedition to the lost city of Dhabab to retrieve a lamp holding an imprisoned ifrit, sending his son Prince Mazen and a scarred, vengeful thief named Aisha to accompany her.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Sandsea Trilogy
- Series: The Sandsea Trilogy core; position 1 of 2 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Chelsea Abdullah
Notes
- From the series record (The Sandsea Trilogy): Planned trilogy; book 3 (The Midnight Merchant, expected 2027) not yet published.
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 Sandsea Trilogy: position 1 of 2: next The Ashfire King (2025)
Sources
- The Sandsea Trilogy bibliography (specialised series-tracking site)
- The Stardust Thief Wikipedia entry
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