"Lo-Melkhiin killed three hundred girls before he came to my village, looking for a wife."When Lo-Melkhiin - a formidable king - arrives at her desert home, she knows that he will take her beautiful sister for a wife. Desperate to save her sister from certain death, she makes the ultimate sacrifice - leaving home and family behind to live with a fearful man. But it seems that a strange magic flows between her and Lo-Melkhiin, and night after night, she survives. Finding power in storytelling, the words she speaks are given strange life of their own. Little things, at first: a dress from home, a vision of her sister. But she dreams of bigger, more terrible magic: power enough to save a king . . . if only she can stop her heart from falling for a monster.Set against a harsh desert backdrop, A Thousand Nights by E K Johnston is an evocative tale of love, mystery and magic that would not feel out of place if Scheherazade herself were telling it. And perhaps she is...
- ISBN:
- 9781447284116
- 9781447284116
- Category:
- General fiction (Children's / Teenage)
- Format:
- Hardback
- Publication Date:
- 01-11-2015
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- Pan Macmillan
- Country of origin:
- United Kingdom
- Dimensions (mm):
- 205x200x26mm
- Weight:
- 0.76kg
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