An epic fantasy of fate and loyalty – The first step in the Emari Chronicles
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A very enjoyable read! Highly recommended! Well developed characters, very descriptive, and world building that left me looking for the next book in the series. A mix of action, mythology, romance, and the classic good vs evil properly hidden to keep the reader turning the pages.
In the kingdom of Emari, Farah, the newly appointed Hand of Mashyana, must join forces with Yasher, a charming foreigner who believes his “lucky charm” is the key to his fortune. As they race to recover powerful relics, they uncover dark truths about the queen’s betrayal and realize they may be the kingdom’s last hope.
She served her queen faithfully. That was her first mistake.
Farahnaz Rahnema was a foundling, one of those blessed by the gods who abandoned Emari with a Talent. She is now The Hand of Mashyana — newly elevated after years of doing the work no one else would do, named by a queen who has shaped her since girlhood and who calls her my dear and means it.
Her first task as Hand is a clean one. A relic has resurfaced in the city after centuries lost, said to hold the essence of the Divine, and it currently rests in the pocket of a foreigner who has no idea what he carries. Find him. Take it. Bring it home.
The foreigner is named Yasher. His luck has carried him too far for it to be only luck, and a child claiming to speak for an angel of the supposedly absent gods has already led Farah straight to him. And somewhere underneath the queen Farah loves, in a kingdom where the king has gone silent in Tamidh and the provinces are stirring, a Darkness is shifting that no oath of loyalty was ever meant to hold.
The Hand of Mashyana is the first book in The Emari Chronicles, a Persian-inspired epic fantasy of faith, betrayal, and the brutal cost of becoming who you choose to be. For readers of The Jasmine Throne, The Stardust Thief, and The City of Brass.
