num_pages: 433
description: In an unnamed Middle Eastern security state a young Arab-Indian hacker shields his clientsdissidents outlaws Islamists and other watched groupsfrom surveillance and tries to stay out of trouble. He goes by Alifthe first letter of the Arabic alphabet and a convenient handle to hide behind. The aristocratic woman Alif loves has jilted him for a prince chosen by her parents and his computer has just been breached by the states electronic security force putting his clients and his own neck on the line. Then it turns out his lovers new fianc is the Hand of God as they call the head of state security and his henchmen come after Alif driving him underground. When Alif discovers The Thousand and One Days the secret book of the jinn which both he and the Hand suspect may unleash a new level of information technology the stakes are raised and Alif must struggle for life or death aided by forces seen and unseen.
language: English
title: Alif the Unseen
publisher: Grove Press