The Desert of Souls by Howard Andrew Jones. 309 p.
I'd call this swash-buckling adventure, but it's set in eighth-century Baghdad. Our narator Asim is captain of the guard; along with his friend, the scholar Dabir, he is charged with retrieving stolen artifacts from the evil wizard Firouz. Chasing Farouz across waterways and into the desert, they discover that the artifacts allow entrance to the lost city of Ubar, where Firouz plans to gather power to destroy Baghdad. Asim is loyal, fierce, and not always the sharpest knife in the sack; he;s a great narrator. This debut novel is just a ton of fun.
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