The release date for the English version of 'The Stardust Thief' by
Chelsea Abdullah is May 2022. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
The Midnight Merchant, Loulie al-Nazari, is a criminal who seeks and sells illicit magic with the aid of her jinn bodyguard. After saving the life of a cowardly prince, she attracts the attention of the sultan, the powerful father of the prince, who uses extortion to force her to locate an old lamp that may resurrect the dead land—but only if all the jinn are sacrificed.
Loulie travels to locate the item with the sultan's eldest son, forced to obey or face execution. They must fend off ghoul assaults, outsmart a vindictive jinn queen, and face a malevolent murderer from Loulie's past with the help of her bodyguard, who is hiding secrets of his own. Furthermore, Loulie will learn that nothing is as it seems—not even her own history, her adversary, or her magic—in a world where fiction is reality and illusion is truth. She will also have to choose who she wants to be in this new reality.
Drawing inspiration from tales from the One Thousand and One Nights, The Stardust Thief offers a compelling narrative of a brave prince, a renowned smuggler, and a perilous journey across the desert in search of a fabled, magical lamp.