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Une épopée inoubliable et magique au cœur des légendes et des mythes du Moyen-Orient !

Dans les rues du Caire du XVIIIe siècle, Nahri est une jeune escroc aux talents inégalés : lecture de la main, exorcismes et un mystérieux don de guérison ; elle a fait des nobles ottomans sa cible principale dans le but de survivre. Un jour, pendant l'un de ses " coups ", elle invoque accidentellement Dara, un mystérieux guerrier djinn, et elle va comprendre trop tard que même les stratagèmes les plus intelligents peuvent avoir des conséquences mortelles.

Forcés de fuir Le Caire, Dara et Nahri voyagent ensemble à travers des sables chauds et balayés par le vent, grouillants de créatures de feu et de rivières où dorment les mythiques Marids. Des ruines de métropoles humaines autrefois magnifiques aux montagnes où les oiseaux de proie ne sont pas ce qu'ils semblent, leur périple a pour destination Daevabad, la légendaire Cité de Laiton.

Star Wars experience that sheds new light on the original film.

On May 25, 1977, the world was introduced to Han Solo, Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, C-3PO, R2-D2, Chewbacca, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Darth Vader, and a galaxy full of possibilities. In honor of the fortieth anniversary, more than forty contributors lend their vision to this retelling of Star Wars. Each of the forty short stories reimagines a moment from the original film, but through the eyes of a supporting character. From a Certain Point of View features contributions by bestselling authors, trendsetting artists, and treasured voices from theliterary history of Star Wars:

• Gary Whitta bridges the gap from Rogue One to A New Hope through the eyes of Captain Antilles.

• Aunt Beru finds her voice in an intimate character study by Meg Cabot.

• Nnedi Okorofor brings dignity and depth to a most unlikely character: the monster in the trash compactor.

• Pablo Hidalgo provides a chilling glimpse inside the mind of Grand Moff Tarkin.

• Pierce Brown chronicles Biggs Darklighter’s final flight during the Rebellion’s harrowing attack on the Death Star.

• Wil Wheaton spins a poignant tale of the rebels left behind on Yavin.

Plus thirty-four more hilarious, heartbreaking, and astonishing tales from:

Ben Acker • Renée Ahdieh • Tom Angleberger • Ben Blacker • Jeffrey Brown • Rae Carson • Adam Christopher • Zoraida Córdova • Delilah S. Dawson • Kelly Sue DeConnick • Paul Dini • Ian Doescher • Ashley Eckstein • Matt Fraction • Alexander Freed • Jason Fry • Kieron Gillen • Christie Golden • Claudia Gray • E. K. Johnston • Paul S. Kemp • Mur Lafferty • Ken Liu • Griffin McElroy • John Jackson Miller • Daniel José Older • Mallory Ortberg • Beth Revis • Madeleine Roux • Greg Rucka • Gary D. Schmidt • Cavan Scott • Charles Soule • Sabaa Tahir • Elizabeth Wein • Glen Weldon • Chuck Wendig

Shannon Chakraborty, the bestselling author of The City of Brass, spins a new trilogy of magic and mayhem on the high seas in this tale of pirates and sorcerers, forbidden artifacts and ancient mysteries, in one woman’s determined quest to seize a final chance at glory—and write her own legend.

Amina al-Sirafi should be content. After a storied and scandalous career as one of the Indian Ocean’s most notorious pirates, she’s survived backstabbing rogues, vengeful merchant princes, several husbands, and one actual demon to retire peacefully with her family to a life of piety, motherhood, and absolutely nothing that hints of the supernatural.

But when she’s tracked down by the obscenely wealthy mother of a former crewman, she’s offered a job no bandit could refuse: retrieve her comrade’s kidnapped daughter for a kingly sum. The chance to have one last adventure with her crew, do right by an old friend, and win a fortune that will secure her family’s future forever? It seems like such an obvious choice that it must be God’s will.

Yet the deeper Amina dives, the more it becomes alarmingly clear there’s more to this job, and the girl’s disappearance, than she was led to believe. For there’s always risk in wanting to become a legend, to seize one last chance at glory, to savor just a bit more power…and the price might be your very soul.