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Goodreads Monday is a weekly meme where you chose a random book from your Goodreads TBR and show it off. This meme is hosted by Budget Tales Book Blog.
Title: A Desert of Bleeding Sand
Author: Lucia Damisa
Pages: 442
Publication Date: 2/14/25
Synopsis:
In this inventive fantasy debut perfect for fans of Dance of Thieves and The City of Brass, West African Mr & Mrs Smith collide in a magical desert palace.
Mercenaries are raiding academies and taking students. A traitor in the palace might be the mercenaries’ source of intel. Zair, a half-aziza and elite military student, is sent to infiltrate the coronation ceremony under disguise to find the traitor. Zair is desperate to succeed and save her little sister from the mercenaries, and maybe also prove worthy of the elite soldiers’ badge, despite the hatred against her tribe and their magical abilities. But then she encounters Dathan, a clever rival spy also after the traitor for intentions unknown.
A threat to each other’s goals, Zair and Dathan begin working against each other in a game of wits, desperate to find the traitor first while avoiding the consequences of spying in the sentient palace. When courtiers start to turn up dead, however, both realize their individual skills might be no match for the traitor’s. In a glittering Sahara Desert palace where hunger is for power and night magic guards its halls, Zair and Dathan must find the kingdom’s greatest traitor, or watch everything they love burn.
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This sounds interesting. The cover is very eye catching!
Have a great week!
Emily @ Budget Tales Book Blog
My post:
It’s an action packed book – I was lucky to get an arc!
Oooo I love an arc 😊