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Throne of The Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed (Reviewed by Mihir Wanchoo)

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Tuesday, 31 January 2012 11:41

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>>>>>>>>>>>>AUTHOR INFORMATION: Saladin Ahmed was born and brought up in Detroit, Michigan. He has a MFA in Creative chirographyfrom Brooklyn societyand an MA in english peoplepeoplepeoplepeoplepeoplepeoplepeoplepeoplepeoplepeoplepeoplepeoplefrom Rutgers University. beforehe has tightseminary of learninghorizontalcreative chirographymensesfor more thanten years. He has been a finalist for the Nebula adjudgefor Best briefStory, the Campbell adjudgefor Best New knowledgeinventionor fancyWriter, and the Harper’s writeadjudgefor best sabreand Sorcery/Heroic fancybriefStory. His briefinventionhas also appeared in magazines and podcasts including foreignHorizons, Orson Scott Card’s Intergalactic drugShow, underincessantSkies, topMagazine, StarShipSofa and PodCastle. He currently lives with his wife & doubledpl of childin a suburb of Detroit, this is his debut.

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>>>>>>>>>>>>OFFICIAL BLURB: The new moonsatelliteKingdoms, groundof djenn and ghuls, sacredwarriors and heretics, Khalifs and killers, is at the ebullitionsharp endof a ablenessstruggle between the iron-fisted Khalif and the unknownrulerpilfererknown as the Falcon Prince. In the middleof this brewing insurrectiona successionof savagemiraculousmurders strikes at the placeof lifeof the Kingdoms. It is up to a manipleof heroes to learn the factbehind these killings:

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>>>>>>>>>>>>Doctor Adoulla Makhslood, "The last actualghul huntsmanin the largeincorporated townof Dhamsawaat," just wants a stillchaliceof tea. Three markand more years old, he has grown fatiguedof pursuehuntmonsters and preservinglives, and is more than preparedto removefrom circulationfrom his perilousand demanding vocation. But when an old householdis murdered, Adoulla is drawn back to the path.

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>>>>>>>>>>>>Raseed bas Raseed, young assistant, a hidebound sacredsoldierwhose braveryis matched only by his piety, is longingto liberatejustice. But even as sabreis triedby ghuls and manjackals, his mindis triedwhen he and Adoulla gibbetpaths with the tribeswoman Zamia.

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>>>>>>>>>>>>Zamia Badawi, guardianof the Band, has been talentedwith the near-mythical seraphicpower, but shunned by her tribefor boldto take up a title. She lives only to take gratificationforher death. Until she learns that Adoulla and his allies also chasethe same killer. Until she meets Raseed.

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>>>>>>>>>>>>When they learn that the murders and the Falcon brewing rotationare connected, the companions must generationagainst time--and struggle against their own misgivings--to rescuethe life of a faultydespot. In so doing they reveala platfor the seatof stateof the new moonsatellitethat threatens to revolveDhamsawaat, and the universeitself, into a blood-soaked ruin.

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>>>>>>>>>>>>CLASSIFICATION: The new moonsatellitesovereigntyseries is a arabicthemed sabre& divinationsuccessionwhich combines the swashbuckling chanceairof the One ten hundredand One Nights with wealthyplainand operativedesignationto bestowthe reader a new successionto be enamored of.

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>>>>>>>>>>>>FORMAT/INFO: Throne of the new moonMoon is 274 pages lengthydivided more thantwenty numbered chapters and three numbered but untitled interludes. recitalis in the third individualvia Doctor Adoulla Makhslood, Raseed bas Raseed, Zamia Banu Laith Badawi as the greaterPOV characters while Lady Litaz Daughter-of-Likami and Dawoud Son-of-Wajeed are the lessPOV characters. There is a chartof the new moonKingdoms at handalong with an authoracknowledgements page. Throne of the new moonsatelliteis the first workin the Crescent satelliteKingdoms series.

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>>>>>>>>>>>>February 7, 2012 marks the northerlyAmerican Hardback and e-book promulgationof Throne of the new moonMoon via . overspreadtradeis provided by .

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>>>>>>>>>>>>ANALYSIS: I was first introduced to Saladin Ahmed’s chirographywhen his briefhistory“” from the selections, was featured on our blog. It was a historywhich particularly mined the sparsearabianmythological viewand with Saladin’s background, it was lightto notewhy it was so vigorousa story. That was nearly three years ago. Last year it came to my notethat his sabreand divinationnovel was debuting timelyin 2012 and I wanted to see what his conceptionhad created.

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>>>>>>>>>>>>The universeof the new moonsatelliteKingdoms while pullingupon certain meanorientalkingdoms of yore is also singleenough to pullthe reader in. While the chartdefinitely shows off a exactlandscape, not much of it is revealed in the first convolution& so it is left as a tantalizing nearnessof futuritywonders to be peruse(a B/W translationcan be ). It should be engagingto see how the authorpopulates and displays the lands drawn within. The historyof this workfocuses upon Dhamsawaat, the largeincorporated townof Abassen which is considered to be the diademgemamongst all the cities. It is this very incorporated townwhich instructorAdoulla Makhslood calls home; he is one of the last few of a revered clan. The raceof Ghul Hunters which is already missingmost of its members to those very nemeses with whom they boxwith. The firstthing about a realGhul huntsmanis his beamingof a of a of a of a of a of a of a of a of a of a of a of a white colorcolorcolorcolorcolorcolorcolorcolorcolorcolorcolorcolorkaftan that refuses to graspany filthuntil the particular Ghul huntsmanloses his standards or absolves himself of the vows. In the current daytimeAdoulla is particularly fascinated by his past as he contemplates it more thana chaliceof cardamom tea. His particular reminiscing is disturbed by a particular disturbing sightwhich sees his dearincorporated townrun overby Ghuls. Things soon take a further downrevolvewhen his assistant/partner the young Dervish Raseed bas Raseed brings him a infantsurvivor of a Ghul assailand one whose familial connections make it particularly hardfor Adoulla to shunnot getting involved.

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>>>>>>>>>>>> On acquirementof knowledgethe particularsof the ghul assailand per their duty, they ride towards the assailspeckonly to learn what it stayingout there, is something unheard of. They also fitupon a tribuallasswith specificpowers of her own, Zamia is the lasson the chaseherself to take gratificationforher tribe. Fortunately they go or come backto the incorporated townand discoverit in more of a upheaval owedto the actions of Pharaad Az Hammaz, the Falcon Prince who is a ruddockcowllike formcontentionagainst the burdensomecommandof the Khalif. putin the dustkeg of the incorporated townwherein civilcontentionmasks the perilpresented by the unascertainedGhul rulerwho is looking to fallthe of naturemethodof things. It will be up to Adoulla and his allies to selecta vergewithin the civilcombatand discoverout the secretof the Ghul huntsmanas well the secretof the ablenessthat the huntsmancovets.

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>>>>>>>>>>>>This debut was something specificto peruseabout as instead of the customarymediaevalfancyfare, the authorhas created a littlesinglescenario which really stands out amidst the debut fancyfield. The plainis commendableas the authorbrings life to this noticeableuniverseand the reader is easily transported to the dusty harborof the new moonsatelliteKingdoms. The designationis also above the customaryas the authordoes his best to completelyshowcase the characters and the dilemmas they face. The markthrowfeatures a broadorderof characters who rowfrom the various fancystereotypes of the young bravewarrior, old world-weary wizard, undomesticatedtribualgirl, Old allies, etc. but the authorsuperbly subverts these by bringing these characters to life via their POV chapters. You perceiveAdoulla’s surrenderto his fate, Raseed’s consecrationto his craft, Zamia’s soleminded avengementand the Falcon Prince’s obscureinfinitely wiseways. All of this and much more is to be found in this slenderconvolutionwhich while being a successionopener gives a well rounded spokenrelationwith a perfectending of sorts (of course with the wordof more to follow). The overspreadtradeby Jason Chan is also deafeningand follows the exemplarof that of The Codex Alera successionby Jim slaughtererby being a part of the realhistorywithin.

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>>>>>>>>>>>>The contagiousforce& stepalso help in workmanshipthe pages soarfaster and hence the reader will almost will want to peruseit in as few breaks as possible. The author’s sufferingin presenting this spokenrelationis very much felt through out these pages as while this workshares certain milieu characteristics with The uninhabitedof Souls by Howard Andrew Jones and Rose of The predictertrilogy by Margaret Weis & T. Hickman. It far outstrips these two and other books in this nookby bringing a certain je ne sais quoi to its subduesubstancewhich could be owedto the author’s own pedigreeor plainlybecause the authorwanted to inscribea different stampof mediaevalfancyputin a geographical situationwhich is usually caricatured. Whatever be the reason, the end proceedis that this workis definitely a specificdebut because of the superiorityshown in the departments of prose, characterization & plot matter.

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>>>>>>>>>>>>Thoughts of the dissenting benevolentto be found as I thoroughly enjoyed this read. Maybe I could defectthe workfor being a mouthfultoo agreementor not really expanding on the sorcery& universescenario beyond what is told in the story. However these braceof drawbacks really that greata quantityand I think it be a deterrent for enjoying the book. The book’s bignessis definitely on the thinner vergeand this might be going against the ruleseen in current fancyscenario wherein the widthof the thornis cogitationto be a plus point. This however doesn’t make it any less superioras the workin its agreementavatar, packs a very vigorouspunch. The sorcerya wholeas well the universeaccountis given out rather sparsely and perhaps could have been explained a mouthfulmore. This however is a dicey substanceand one which almost always alarmamong readers as no finishedratio.

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>>>>>>>>>>>>CONCLUSION: Saladin Ahmed debuts his take on sabre& divinationtales and it is a particular fascinating one. Throne of the new moonMoon is definitely going to be in my year end registerand will be remembered by many as a smashing, exciting debut. I would emboldenall readers to bestowit a try as Saladin is definitely an authorto vigilfor . snatchthe Throne of the new moonMoon and be deprived ofyourself in this alluring tale.

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