Throne of the Crescent Moon by Saladin AhmedMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
Set in the mythical city of Dhamsawat this innovative piece of Middle Eastern fantasy will shoo you off to another world. The city of Dhamsawat is under the rule of a rich Khalif who taxes his people unfairly and gives them nothing in return. Fighting against the khalif is a Robin Hood type figure called the Falcon prince.
In the midst of all of this is a ghoul master who is creating ghouls that eat people’s hearts out.
Adoul is getting too old for fighting ghouls, he thinks about settling down. His partner, a young dervish assistant, ends up saving the old mans neck on several occasions. When the ghouls massacre several families and an entire Bedouin tribe the ghoul fighting duo set out to track down this ghoul maker. Along the way they meet a Bedouin girl who shape shift into a lion. Together the threesome get into it with some ghouls and a half jackal half man hybrid. After their wounds they meet up with a doctor and alchemist. Together they unravel the mystery of the ghoul maker and set out to thwart his plan.
Interesting to note that traditionally ghouls are a species of Jinn, they are not made or fashioned by a wizard. There are several references to kemetic magic. This is Egyptian magic. Kemp is Egypt. In fact the Khalifs palace is built over a pyramid orca temple. The falcon prince seems to be a nod in the direction of Horus, while the lion shapeshifter seems reminiscent of sekhmet, the lion goddess of Egypt.
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