Ebook {Epub PDF} Mirage by Somaiya Daud
· About Mirage In a star system dominated by the brutal Vathek empire, eighteen-year-old Amani is a dreamer. She dreams of what life was like before the occupation; she dreams of writing poetry like the old-world poems she adores; she dreams of receiving a sign from Dihya that one day, she, too, will have adventure, and travel beyond her isolated moon. “Somaiya Daud’s Mirage reads like the lushest of fantasies, set in an unforgettably immersive world that is both dangerous and impossibly lovely. The characters are complex and nuanced, and the story is by turns romantic, harrowing, climactic and hopeful, though the unresolved ending paves the way for an even grander sequel/5(). Mirage is the first book to come out from Somaiya Daud’s Mirage series. In this debut story, readers get to meet the main character, a young woman named Amani, for the first time. Amani is 18 years old and lives in the midst of a far out star system that happens to Estimated Reading Time: 6 mins.
Mirage Somaiya Daud Flatiron Books Publishes on August 28th, Amazon | Barnes Noble | Goodreads About Mirage In a star system dominated by the brutal Vathek empire, eighteen-year-old Amani is a dreamer. She dreams of what life was like before the occupation; she dreams of writing poetry like the old-world poems she adores; she dreams of receiving a sign from Dihya that one day, she, too. What: Mirage (Mirage #1) by Somaiya Daud Who: Hodder Stoughton When: August 28th How: A copy of this novel was provided by Hachette Australia for review. The crown of Dihya had been stripped from me, my face changed, my body broken. But I was not a slave and I was not a spare. Mirage by Somaiya Daud (1) It truly takes a village, though some days it felt like a small town. Eternal thanks to my sister Ruqayyah, who insisted I needed to write this book.
Somaiya Daud is a twenty-something writer and PhD candidate at the University of Washington. A former bookseller in the children's department at Politics and Prose in Washington, DC, Somaiya is passionate about Arabic poetry, the stars, and the Gothic novel. Mirage is her debut novel. About: Mirage is a young adult fantasy written by Somaiya Daud. It will be published on 8/28/18 by Flatiron Books, an imprint of Macmillan Publishers, pages. The genres are young adult, fantasy, and science fiction. This book is the author’s debut and is intended for readers ages 13 to Everyone loves a good ol’ cliffhanger and you’ll get just that in this debut YA fantasy! Somaiya Daud’s Mirage follows Amani, a young girl growing up in a poverty-stricken village on a planet called Cadiz, the daughter planet of Andala. Post “purge”, a coup staged to conquer the Andalan government and territory, inflicted by the barbarous Vathek authority.