Sara Hashem

In this Egyptian-inspired debut fantasy, a fugitive queen strikes a deadly bargain with her greatest enemy and finds herself embroiled in a complex game that could resurrect her scorched kingdom or leave it in ashes forever. At ten years old, the Heir of Jasad fled a massacre that takes her entire family. At fifteen, she buried her first body. At twenty, the clock is ticking on Sylvia's third attempt at home. Nizahl's armies have laid waste to Jasad and banned magic across the four remaining kingdoms. Fortunately, Sylvia's magic is as good at playing dead as she is. When the Nizahl Heir tracks a group of Jasadis to Sylvia's village, the quiet life she's crafted unravels. Calculating and cold, Arin's tactical brilliance is surpassed only by his hatred for magic. When a mistake exposes Sylvia's magic, Arin offers her an escape: compete as Nizahl's Champion in the Alcalah tournament and win immunity from persecution. To win the deadly Alcalah, Sylvia must work with Arin to free her trapped magic, all while staying a step ahead of his efforts to uncover her identity. But as the two grow closer, Sylvia realizes winning her freedom means destroying any chance of reuniting Jasad under her banner. The scorched kingdom is rising again, and Sylvia will have to choose between the life she's earned and the one she left behind.

The Jasad Heir

"A remarkable, razor-sharp debut that cuts straight to the heart."―Chelsea Abdullah, author of The Stardust Thief A fugitive queen strikes a bargain with her greatest enemy and becomes embroiled in a complex game that could resurrect her scorched kingdom or leave it in ashes forever In this unmissable Egyptian-inspired epic fantasy debut. Ten years ago, the kingdom of Jasad burned. Its magic was outlawed. Its royal family murdered. At least, that’s what Sylvia wants people to believe. The Heir of Jasad escaped the massacre, and she intends to stay hidden, especially from the armies of Nizahl that continue to hunt her people. But a moment of anger changes everything. When Arin, the Nizahl Heir, tracks a group of Jasadi rebels to her village, Sylvia accidentally reveals her magic—and captures his attention. Now Sylvia’s forced to make a deal with her greatest enemy: Help him hunt the rebels in exchange for her life. A deadly game begins. Sylvia can’t let Arin discover her identity, even as hatred shifts into something more between the Heirs. And as the tides change around her, Sylvia will have to choose between the life she wants and the one she abandoned. The scorched kingdom is rising, and it needs a queen. Praise for The Jasad Heir: "Will have you turning pages in a frenzy." ―Shelley Parker-Chan, author of She Who Became the Sun "[A] complex tapestry of magic, danger, and violence set against some vividly atmospheric worldbuilding" ―Publishers Weekly (starred review) The Scorched Throne The Jasad Heir

The Jasad Crown

In the thrilling conclusion to the Egyptian-inspired Scorched Throne duology, a fugitive queen must risk everything and everyone she loves for the chance to restore her lost kingdom of Jasad. Held deep in a mountain refuge, Sylvia has been captured by the Urabi, who believe the Jasad Heir can return their homeland to its former power. But after years of denying her legacy and a forbidden alliance with Jasad’s greatest enemy, Sylvia must win the Urabi’s trust while struggling to hide the dangerous side effects her magic is having on her mind. In a rival kingdom, Arin must maneuver carefully between his father's desire to put down the brewing rebellion and the sacred edicts Arin is sworn to uphold. He is determined to find Sylvia before it's too late, but Arin's search unravels secrets that threaten the very core of his beliefs about his family and the destruction of Jasad. War is inevitable, but Sylvia cannot abandon her people again. The Urabi plan to raise the Jasadi fortress, and it will either kill Sylvia or destroy the humanity she's fought so hard to protect. For the first time in her life Sylvia doesn’t just want to survive. She wants to win. The fugitive queen is ready to reign.

Jasad Heir

Eine Thronerbin. Ihr Erzfeind. Und tödliche Spiele. Mit zehn Jahren floh Sylvia aus dem niedergebrannten Jasad und lebt seitdem unter falscher Identität im Reich des Feindes. Als dessen Thronerbe Arin ihre magischen Kräfte entdeckt, macht er sie zum Champion der königlichen Spiele, um mit Sylvia die Rebellen der Jasad anzulocken. Arin ahnt nicht, dass Sylvia Jasads wahre Thronerbin ist. Ihr Geheimnis muss Sylvia um jeden Preis wahren und sich zwischen ihrem Leben und der Treue zu ihrem Volk entscheiden. Währenddessen kommt sie beim täglichen Training Arin immer näher, was ihren sicheren Tod bedeuten könnte.

Roman | Slow Burn zwischen der Thronerbin von Jasad und ihrem Erzfeind

A homecoming queen and a bad-boy loner team up to break a generational curse in this YA supernatural horror from a talented Egyptian American voice. Seventeen-year-old Mina Mansour has always longed to know where she comes from. But anytime she asks her father questions about Egypt--or about her mother's mysterious death--he struggles to open up. Determined to learn about her roots, Mina secretly travels from the small California town she calls home to the crumbling manor in the outskirts of Alexandria where her mother grew up. But when Mina returns, she doesn’t come back alone. A sinister entity follows Mina home from Egypt, intent on seeing her dead and capable of turning everyone she knows violently against her. Isolated and fighting for her life, Mina must seek help from an unlikely ally: Jesse Talbot, resident bad boy of the senior class and the only person who proves immune to being possessed. Jesse would rather floss with barbed wire than team up with social butterfly Mina, but he doesn’t exactly have a choice—after all, he’s running from family secrets of his own. As Mina and Jesse dig deeper into Mina's family lore, they uncover a bloody debt that must be brought to an end if they hope to save their town from the eldritch entity who has laid claim to her soul. A chilling tale of supernatural possession and generational trauma that culminates in a shocking and unforgettable twist ending!

Where No Shadow Stays

Roman | Mit limitiertem Farbschnitt | Slow Burn zwischen der Thronerbin von Jasad und ihrem Erzfeind

Roman | Fesselnde Slow-Burn mit tödlichen Spielen

The Jasad Heir. Dalle ceneri sorgerà una regina

Sylvia wurde von den Rebellen ihres eigenen Landes verschleppt. Die Urabi sind überzeugt, dass Sylvia dem Königreich Jasad zu seiner ursprünglichen Macht verhelfen kann. Unterdessen führt der Thronerbe des verfeindeten Königreichs Arin einen inneren Kampf mit sich selbst. Es fühlt sich nicht richtig an, die Rebellion auf Wunsch seines Vaters zu stoppen. Ihm wird klar, dass er Sylvia finden muss, bevor die Armee seines Vaters es tut. Ein Krieg droht, und sowohl Sylvia als auch Arin schwören sich, ihr Land nicht im Stich zu lassen.

Roman | Aus der Glut entflammt die Rebellion | Fesselnde Slow Burn-Fantasy mit tödlichen Spielen

Egyptian-inspired Enemies-to-lovers Epic Fantasy from a Sunday Times Bestseller

Mindy R. Carter

Hala Mreiwed

Candace H. Blake-Amarante

This book explores the connections made in and through arts-based educational research through four themes: socially engaged connections, cultural connections, personal and pedagogical connections, and making connections during the COVID-19 pandemic. It emerges from the 3rd bi-annual 2020 Artful Inquiry Research Group symposium on the theme of “connections”. The symposium brought together artists, community members, teachers, students, and researchers through a virtual platform to examine the way(s) in which the arts can help connect people, ideas, and spaces/places in a pandemic reality. Art plays a predominant role in each chapter as authors weave their research and art-based understandings together. This book is a valuable teaching resource for undergraduate and postgraduate courses in teaching, anthropology, digital ethnography, autoethnography, cultural studies, and communications. It is of interest to higher education students, academic researchers, and teachers exploring arts-based methodologies in the fields of creative practice and creativity studies, communications, critical studies, sociology, sciences, teacher education, and the arts.

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