{Waiting On} A Thousand Nights by EK Johnston (117)

Swoony Boys Podcast is Waiting for A Thousand Nights by EK Johnston this Wednesday

It’s time for another installment of Waiting on Wednesday, where we give you the 411 on the books that we can’t wait to read.

A Thousand Nights by EK Johnston

A Thousand Nights by EK Johnston

Anticipated Arrival Date: 10/6/2015

Lo-Melkhiin killed three hundred girls before he came to her village, looking for a wife. When she sees the dust cloud on the horizon, she knows he has arrived. She knows he will want the loveliest girl: her sister. She vows she will not let her be next.

And so she is taken in her sister’s place, and she believes death will soon follow. Lo-Melkhiin’s court is a dangerous palace filled with pretty things: intricate statues with wretched eyes, exquisite threads to weave the most beautiful garments. She sees everything as if for the last time.But the first sun rises and sets, and she is not dead. Night after night, Lo-Melkhiin comes to her and listens to the stories she tells, and day after day she is awoken by the sunrise. Exploring the palace, she begins to unlock years of fear that have tormented and silenced a kingdom. Lo-Melkhiin was not always a cruel ruler. Something went wrong.

Far away, in their village, her sister is mourning. Through her pain, she calls upon the desert winds, conjuring a subtle unseen magic, and something besides death stirs the air.

Back at the palace, the words she speaks to Lo-Melkhiin every night are given a strange life of their own. Little things, at first: a dress from home, a vision of her sister. With each tale she spins, her power grows. Soon she dreams of bigger, more terrible magic: power enough to save a king, if she can put an end to the rule of a monster.

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So, like totally tell us what’s got you bouncing in anticipation this week. What are you waiting on?

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Comments

  1. I love fairy tale retellings! I’ve been seeing this one around, and it sounds interesting – thanks for sharing!

  2. Ooh, this one sounds good. Is it a retelling?

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