The bones of the old ones
By: Howard Andrew Jones
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 307
ISBN-13: 9780312646752; 9781250015136
Subjects: Human remains (Archaeology); Fiction; Winter; History
Description: As snowfall blankets eighth-century Mosul, a Persian noblewoman arrives at the home of the scholar Dabir and his friend, the swordsman Captain Asim. Najya has escaped from a dangerous cabal that has ensorcelled her to track down ancient magical tools of tremendous power, the bones of the old ones.