num_pages: 468
description: Neither here nor there but long agoLoulie al-Nazari is the Midnight Merchant: a criminal who with the help of her jinn bodyguard hunts and sells illegal magic. When she saves the life of a cowardly prince she draws the attention of his powerful father the sultan who blackmails her into finding an ancient lamp that has the power to revive the barren landat the cost of sacrificing all jinn.With no choice but to obey or be executed Loulie journeys with the sultans oldest son to find the artifact. Aided by her bodyguard who has secrets of his own they must survive ghoul attacks outwit a vengeful jinn queen and confront a malicious killer from Loulies past. And in a world where story is reality and illusion is truth Loulie will discover that everythingher enemy her magic even her own pastis not what it seems and she must decide who she will become in this new reality.Inspired by stories from One Thousand and One Nights The Stardust Thief weaves the gripping tale of a legendary smuggler a cowardly prince and a dangerous quest across the desert to find a legendary magical lamp.
language: English
title: The Stardust Thief
publisher: Orbit