![]() ![]() So Throne is sketched in greater detail, darker, and wider in scope than “Virtue.” Adoulla and Raseed wrangle with larger threats and greater self-doubts. In Dhamsawaat, chief city of the Crescent Moon Kingdoms, Doctor Adoulla Makhslood has devoted his life to hunting and destroying ghuls, constructs brewed from bones, sand and bugs and animated by the vile blood-magic of evil sorcerers. And of course, at the novel level, one can explore everything – the world, the magic, the monsters, the city – more extensively. Distinctive Middle Eastern fantasy from newcomer Ahmed. picaresque than “Virtue,” though there’s still some hopefully funny stuff in there. ![]() The tone of the novel is darker and a bit less. His relationship with Miri, hinted at in “Virtue,” comes to a wrenching crisis point in Throne. Buy a discounted Paperback of Throne of the Crescent Moon online from. But as he’s grown into a man, he’s begun to question both his training and Adoulla’s teachings anew.Īnd Adoulla himself is even wearier and more fatigued. Booktopia has Throne of the Crescent Moon, Crescent Moon Kingdoms by Saladin Ahmed. Adoulla and Raseed, and the world of the Crescent Moon Kingdoms, changed or evolved from the debut story to the novel?Īhmed: Throne of the Crescent Moon takes place two years after “Where Virtue Lives.” As the novel opens, Raseed – who has been apprenticed to Adoulla all this time – is perhaps a bit more used to the Doctor’s heterodox ways. ![]()
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