num_pages: 137
description: Storyteller Masrur al-Adan relates his journey as a young man into the realm of a dreaded vampyr, who challenges Masrur and his companions to a life-or-death storytelling contest.
language: English
title: Child of an Ancient City
titlecomplete: Child of an Ancient City (Dragonflight Series)
genres: Novels, Science Fiction Fantasy, Supernatural, Novella, Historical Fiction, Horror, Fiction, Short Stories, Fantasy, Vampires
ratings_count: 494
places: Iraq
publisher: Atheneum