Description Azad\'s debut YA fantasy is set in a city along the Silk Road that is a refuge for those of all faiths, where a young woman is threatened by the war between two clans of powerful djinn.
Nafiza currently lives in British Columbia with her family..
She holds a Master of Arts degree in Children\'s Literature from the University of British Columbia and co-runs The Book Wars (thebookwars.ca), a website dedicated to all things children\'s literature.
Nafiza has a love for languages and currently speaks four.
Now she identifies as an Indo-Fijian Muslim Canadian, which means she is often navigating multiple identities.
About the Author Nafiza Azad was born in Fiji and spent the first seventeen years of her life as a self-styled Pacific Islander.
Nafiza Azad weaves an immersive tale of magic and the importance of names; fiercely independent women; and, perhaps most importantly, the work for harmony within a city of a thousand cultures and cadences.
Oud in hand, Fatima is drawn into the intrigues of the maharajah and his sister, the affairs of Zulfikar and the djinn, and the dangers of a magical battlefield.
But when one of the most potent of the Ifrit dies, Fatima is changed in ways she cannot fathom, ways that scare even those who love her.
Now ruled by a new maharajah, Noor is protected from the Shayateen by the Ifrit, djinn of order and reason, and by their commander, Zulfikar.
However, the city bears scars of its recent past, when the chaotic tribe of Shayateen djinn slaughtered its entire population -- except for Fatima and two other humans.
There the music of myriad languages fills the air, and people of all faiths weave their lives together.
Fatima lives in the city of Noor, a thriving stop along the Silk Road.
Description Azad\'s debut YA fantasy is set in a city along the Silk Road that is a refuge for those of all faiths, where a young woman is threatened by the war between two clans of powerful djinn
