A Thousand Nights
E. K Johnston
When the ruler Lo-Melkhiin comes to her desert village seeking a wife, a young narrator resolves to protect her older sister by ensuring that he chooses her instead. Lo-Melkhiin has killed hundreds of previous brides, but the narrator survives through a form of magic grounded in love that he cannot understand. At his qasr, she becomes queen, builds relationships with other women, and learns that the ruler’s cruelty began after he returned from the desert possessed by a demon. Her sacrifice brings an expanding power within the village.
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