Twelve Kings in Sharakhai
core novel 2015 The Song of the Shattered Sands
Record
| First published | 2015 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.93 (7,736 ratings, collected 2026-08-27) |
| Page count | 592 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780756412586 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
Sharakhai, ruled from time immemorial by twelve cruel, immortal kings backed by the Silver Spears and the mysterious asirim, is the greatest city of the desert. Çedamihn Ahyanesh'ala, known in the fighting pits as the White Wolf, is a young woman from the city's slums who defies the kings' laws by going out on the forbidden holy night of Beht Za'hir, setting her on a path that entangles the four-century-old history of the kings' rise to power with the secrets of her own heritage. As she digs into her dead mother's past and the origins of the immortal asirim who serve the kings, Çeda is drawn toward the hidden Moonless Host, a resistance movement working to bring down the kings' rule, while her skill as a fighter marks her for more dangerous attention within the city.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Song of the Shattered Sands
- Series: The Song of the Shattered Sands core; position 1 of 6 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Bradley P. Beaulieu
Notes
- From the series record (The Song of the Shattered Sands): Middle Eastern/desert-inspired epic fantasy set in the city-state of Sharakhai, ruled by twelve immortal Kings; the six-book main sequence (2015-2021) is Core Canon. The standalone prequel novella "Of Sand and Malice Made" is Expanded Canon.
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 Song of the Shattered Sands: position 1 of 6: next With Blood Upon the Sand (2017)
Sources
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