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By (author) Alwyn Hamilton; By (author) Hamilton Alwyn

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Dustwalk is Amani”s home. The desert sand is in her bones. But she wants to escape. More than a want. A need. Then a foreigner with no name turns up to save her life, and with him the chance to run. But to where? The desert plains are full of danger. Sand and blood are swirling, and the Sultan”s enemies are on the rise.

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”Sheer escapism.” Guardian

”Winning.” New York Times

”Thrilling.” Booklist

”
Hamilton barely lets the reader pause for breath.” Metro

The first in the New York Times bestselling trilogy packed with shooting contests, train robberies, festivals under the stars, powerful Djinni magic and an electrifying love story.
WINNER of the Goodreads Choice Award for Best Debut Author.

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”Tell me that and we”ll go. Right now. Save ourselves and leave this place to burn. Tell me that”s how you want your story to go and we”ll write it straight across the sand.”

Dustwalk is Amani”s home. The desert sand is in her bones. But she wants to escape. More than a want. A need.

Then a foreigner with no name turns up to save her life, and with him the chance to run. But to where? The desert plains are full of danger. Sand and blood are swirling, and the Sultan”s enemies are on the rise.

Biographical note:
New York Times bestselling author Alwyn Hamilton was born in Toronto and spent her early years bouncing between Europe and Canada until her parents settled in France. She moved to the UK when she was 18 and has been here ever since as an author/bookseller. Her first novel Rebel of the Sands was sold in 14 territories and won the Goodreads Choice Award for best debut. The Notorious Virtues is her latest book and the first in a duology. She lives in London. Follow @AlwynHamilton on TikTok and Instagram.

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The first in a trilogy packed with shooting contests, train robberies, festivals under the stars, powerful Djinni magic and an electrifying love story.

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A winning bit of storytelling . . . She has circled a spot on the map and claimed it for her own.

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A high-concept, and highly enjoyable, epic fantasy adventure. Picture a gun-slinging, hard-drinking wild west, transpose it on to a sweeping, romantic desert, then add a rebel prince bent on overthrowing a wicked sultan, and a little magic in the manner of A Thousand and One Nights.
It”s a winning combination.

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A
hugely entertaining, lushly painted Western with a rich seam of Arabic culture, djinni magic, breathless romance and show-stopping action sequences.

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Combining a whirligig narrative with a richly evoked fantasy desert setting,
Hamilton barely lets the reader pause for breath and the best news is there is more to come: it”s the first in a trilogy.

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From the irresistible opening paragraph, this rollicking caper expertly mashes up a gritty Middle East with a steampunk Old West, succeeding through the infectious voice of its heroine: brash, witty, cynical, and fierce, with an aching, vulnerable core and a suppressed streak of idealism.
Romantic, thrilling, hilarious, and just plain great fun.

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I was hooked and raced through the book, completely missing any clues to the secrets revealed in this first in a trilogy. I may just have to re-read it while I wai