num_pages: 274
description: The Crescent Moon Kingdoms home to djenn and ghuls holy warriors and heretics are at the boiling point of a power struggle between the iron-fisted Khalif and the mysterious master thief known as the Falcon Prince. In the midst of this brewing rebellion a series of brutal supernatural murders strikes at the heart of the Kingdoms. It is up to a handful of heroes to learn the truth behind these killings:Doctor Adoulla Makhslood the last real ghul hunter in the great city of Dhamsawaat just wants a quiet cup of tea. Three score and more years old he has grown weary of hunting monsters and saving lives and is more than ready to retire from his dangerous and demanding vocation. But when an old flames family is murdered Adoulla is drawn back to the hunters path.Raseed bas Raseed Adoullas young assistant is a hidebound holy warrior whose prowess is matched only by his piety. But even as Raseeds sword is tested by ghuls and manjackals his soul is tested when he and Adoulla cross paths with the tribeswoman Zamia.Zamia Badawi Protector of the Band has been gifted with the near-mythical power of the lion-shape but shunned by her people for daring to take up a mans title. She lives only to avenge her fathers death. Until she learns that Adoulla and his allies also hunt her fathers killer. Until she meets Raseed.When they learn that the murders and the Falcon Princes brewing revolution are connected the companions must race against timeand struggle against their own misgivingsto save the life of a vicious despot. In so doing they discover a plot for the Throne of the Crescent Moon that threatens to turn Dhamsawaat and the world itself into a blood-soaked ruin.
language: English
title: Throne of the Crescent Moon
publisher: DAW