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    The Desert of Souls
    The Desert of Souls
    The Desert of Souls
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    The Desert of Souls

    By Howard Andrew Jones

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    The glittering tradition of sword-and-sorcery sweeps into the sands of ancient Arabia with the heart-stopping speed of a whirling dervish in this thrilling debut novel from new talent Howard Andrew Jones

    In 8th century Baghdad, a stranger pleads with the vizier to safeguard the bejeweled tablet he carries, but he is murdered before he can explain. Charged with solving the puzzle, the scholar Dabir soon realizes that the tablet may unlock secrets hidden within the lost city of Ubar, the Atlantis of the sands. When the tablet is stolen from his care, Dabir and Captain Asim are sent after it, and into a life and death chase through the ancient Middle East.

    Stopping the thieves—a cunning Greek spy and a fire wizard of the Magi—requires a desperate journey into the desert, but first Dabir and Asim must find the lost ruins of Ubar and contend with a mythic, sorcerous being that has traded wisdom for the souls of men since the dawn of time. But against all these hazards there is one more that may be too great even for Dabir to overcome...

    Advance Praise for THE DESERT OF SOULS:

    "The Desert of Souls is filled with adventure, magic, compelling characters and twists that are twisty. This is seriously cool stuff." -- Steven Brust, New York Times bestselling author of the Vlad Taltos series

    "A grand and wonderful adventure filled with exotic magic and colorful places — like a cross between Sinbad and Indiana Jones." -- Kevin J. Anderson, New York Times bestselling author of The Map of All Things

    "Like the genie of the lamp, Howard Jones has granted this reader's wish for a fresh, exciting take on the venerable genre of sword-and-sorcery!" -- Richard A. Knaak, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of Legends of the Dragonrealm

    "Howard Andrew Jones spins an exciting and suspenseful tale in his historical fantasy debut. A rich, detailed tapestry -- part Arthur Conan Doyle, part Robert E. Howard, and part Omar Khayyam, woven in the magical thread of One Thousand And One Nights." -- E.E. Knight, Author of the bestselling Vampire Earth

    "An entertaining and enjoyable journey into a world of djinns and magic far darker than expected, yet one that ends with hope, both for the characters... and that there will be yet another book." -- L. E. Modesitt, Jr, author of the Recluse Saga, the Imager Portfolio, and the Corean Chronicles

    "A modern iteration of old school storytelling. Highly recommended to anyone in search of a fun run through strange lands and times." -- Glen Cook, author of The Black Company Series

    "Howard Jones wields magic like a subtle blade and action like a mighty cleaver in his scimitars and sorcery tale, weaving together Arabian myth, history, and some honest-to-gosh surprises to create a unique story that you'll not soon forget." -- Monte Cook, author of The Dungeon Masters Guide, 3rd Edition

    "A rousing tale of swords against sorcery. Howard Jones writes with wit and flair. His world is involving, authentic and skilfully evoked. The best fantasy novel I have read all year." -- William King, Author of the Space Wolf trilogy and creator of Gotrek and Felix

    "A whirlwind tale of deserts, djinn and doors to other worlds, told in a voice perfectly pitched for the style and setting." -- Nathan Long, author of Bloodborn and Shamanslayer
    "An Arabian Nights adventure as written by Robert E Howard. It is exciting, inventive, and most of all fun." -- Dave Drake, author of The Legion of Fire

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Publishers
    Release dateFeb 15, 2011
    ISBN9781429994811
    The Desert of Souls
    Author

    Howard Andrew Jones

    Howard Andrew Jones was the managing editor of BLACK GATE magazine and still regularly blogs for their website. He is currently at work on the third Chronicle of Sword and Sand, which will be published by HoZ at the end of 2013.

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    • 5/5
      Fantastic book! I really liked it. I loved the snake in the Desert of Souls, and I really liked the inclusion of the cat-headed staff. That made a nice connection to REH.

      The characters were interesting, and the plot twists were creative. I liked that the things that started the quest were door pulls. I thought that was original.
    • 4/5
      a great set of lead characters. one is the brain and one is the muscle, together they are awesome. really well written book. the story and the action is very well paced and the characters and world building very believable. i wish this type of fantasy book was more prevalent.the original print(which i have a copy of) has a beautiful cover. wish they had stuck with the theme but alas the publishers have gone with a realistic bollywood-ish amateur poster cover. really not something casual readers of scifi/fantasy will flock to, quite the opposite reaction i would think. hopefully they come up with an alternate book cover so that i could find it in me to buy the sequel. otherwise i could just lose the jacket...and i really hate that because i love my books!
    • 4/5
      Fun read. Linear plot, but with lots of twists, suspense, and complications. Well plotted, I would say, but uses a little deus ex machina at the end. Very likable well-drawn complex characters including a likable first-person narrator (which is pretty much a must for me in genre fiction). The thing that sets this apart from the generic genre fiction is the excellently realized setting of 8th century Baghdad and its surrounding. The people, places, and spirit of the age really do come alive. Overall, a pretty good read. Enjoyable and compelling.
    • 4/5
      ”I have seldom met a man who so feared taking up a pen.” – So speaks a fortune teller to the hero Asim in “The Desert of Souls”H.A. Jones is a Writer and Swordsman: If Howard A. Jones had any fear of taking up a pen to write, I am glad he overcame it. He has long held a passion for action fiction and throughout his career has re-introduced readers to Harold Lamb, moderated Sword and Sorcery websites, and edited the Dark Fantasy magazine Blackgate. With Desert of Souls he demonstrates his ability to translate his passion for revitalizing fantasy fiction by producing his own creative work. Well done. He seems to being living vicariously through his hero Asim who claims “not to be a writer… only a swordsman," but (since Desert of Souls is a first person narrative in Asim’s voice) Howard/Asim proves to be a worthy storyteller regardless of any alleged fear of writing instruments. Kevin J. Anderson (author of The Map of All Things) aptly likened this book to “a cross between Sinbad and Indiana Jones,” and E. E. Knight (author of Vampire Earth Series) accurately described this as a “… rich, detailed tapestry—part Arthur Conan Doyle, part Robert E. Howard, and part Omar Khayyam, woven in the magical thread of One Thousand and One Nights.” The writing is crisp and is carried by an engaging relationship between the duo: Asim and Dabir. Plenty of supernatural action (fights with djinns, undead creatures, sorcerers, etc.) saturate their adventures through treacherous deserts, ruins, and the otherworld. An abundance of miraculous/chance-encounters keeps this from a 5 star rating, but remains highly recommended. I look forward to delving into more Asim and Dabir tales: The Bones of the Old Ones and The Waters of Eternity.
    • 4/5
      This rollicking adventure is another pearl from the current Renaissance of sword and sorcery novels that is sweeping the fantasy genre. Even better, Jones chooses a setting - 8th Century Baghdad - that is as fresh to readers as it is well-known to him. The result is a very pleasing diversion indeed. Guard Captain to the Caliph's advisor, Assim tries to lighten his master's mood with an afternoon trip, dragging along the reluctant scholar Dabir. Things take a turn, however, when they receive an ambiguous prophecy from a fortune teller and shortly thereafter a corpse with a curious artifact. I enjoyed this book. It's ambitions are circumspect, but it meets and exceeds them. As a narrator, Assim displays a very likable naivete; his slack-jawed reactions to the wonders he and Dabir confronts mirror a reader's, and it's married to nice, open kind of humour. This isn't a complex novel - the three hundred pages pass with economy, and much action and plot takes place - but neither does it insult your intelligence. Additionally, Jones knows the era - and its mythology - intimately, and his comfort with the material makes the world feel tactile, and it made me feel safe that I was in the hands of a qualified professional. That feeling also extended to the competent, functional prose. Sure, characters are simple, but not simplistic, and what you see on the surface - with them, and much of the book - is largely all there is. But when the surface is good like this, who cares? As an antidote to the tortured mythologies, hackneyed back-stories and ludicrous protagonists we see in so much inexplicably best-selling fantasy, it does the job, with a little change left over, and an anticipation in me to read the next, stand-alone adventure.
    • 4/5
      Very entertaining piece, exploring a different world from the usual Tolkien-ized European myth. Well-written, not too long, with interesting characters and a fast-moving plot.
    • 5/5
      A fun, charming, entertaining adventure with great historical settings, great characterization, good mix of action, humor, intrigue and suspense as well as speculative elements. An old fashioned heroic fantasy/sword and sorcery mix--technically historical fantasy per the author. Well written and a fun read. Recommended.
    • 4/5
      Essentially, this is an adventure story set in medieval Arabia with swords, sorcery, djinns and a caliph. Dabir is a scholar and Asim is a captain of the guard. For the purposes of this story they are respectively acting as the great detective and his slightly less brainy sidekick who acts as the muscle in the story. The two work together throughout the story to learn the mystery presented by an undead monkey and the bell pulls the creature wants to steal from Dabir. There is much sorcery in this tale and it is indeed highly reminiscent of the stories one finds in the Arabian Nights. Not much explanation of why things are happening as they are, but a fair share of strange events and creatures to lead the reader on. The reader is expected to piece together the significance of much of the tale's events as in the instance of the fortune teller who tells Dabir and Asim and their employer, Jaffar of their ultimate fates.
    • 4/5
      In order to turn his Master's thoughts away from a recently deceased and beloved pet, Captain Asim of the guards suggests a clandestine walk through the streets of the city. The Master agrees and orders Asim to bring one or two guards along with them; Asim immediately thinks of Dabir, the tutor of the Caliph's daughter, knowing him to be quick-thinking and good with a weapon. On a lark during their outing, the Master suggests stopping by a fortune teller whose prophecies appear to have mixed up the futures of Asim and Dabir. Still puzzling over the strange, a stranger crosses their path, pleading with the small group to safeguard an ancient relic from those whom he is fleeing.Back at they palace, the Maters tells Asim and Dabir of a similar relic in the treasury of the caliph. So while Dabir attempts to translate the strange markings on the relic, Asim fetches the other relic. Soon, the two find themselves traveling across the 8th-Century deserts of Iraq, trying to locate the site of the ancient city of Ubar, believed to have been destroyed by God. But the evil sorcerer Firouz has already set out on the same journey, and Dabir and Asim must stop him before he uncovers the secret of Ubar's destruction and uses that on the city of Baghdad."The Desert of Souls" is an interesting take on the Arabian Nights fantasy, mixing the sword and sorcery with a hint of Sherlock Holmes. That may sound strange, but Dabir the tutor approaches things with a clinical eye, looking for any possible leads, any minute piece of evidence -- such as the lack of blood on Asim's sword and hands after slaying an attacking bird -- and using those clues to piece together a mystery. And like Sherlock Holmes, Dabir presents his findings so as to keep Asim from jumping the gun and making a wrong decision. As a fan of mysteries, I enjoyed that aspect of the story.Something else I enjoyed were the scenic descriptions, especially once Dabir and Asim entered Ubar. Their reactions to the strange environment and to what they encountered -- from the ghostly visions of a city's destruction to the Keeper of Secrets and his mystical constellation chart sparkling in the sands -- lent themselves well to the fantasy side of the story.One item nagged at me continually throughout the story, though, and that was the importance placed on the supposed misreading of fortunes. The results seemed to throw most of the characters -- from Asim and Dabir to the Master and the caliph's daughter -- into turmoil, and it was mentioned often within the tale. But I never learned why it was important, and not knowing (or perhaps, not understanding) bothered me as I read.Yet, the Sherlock Homes-style investigating combined that with the appearance of a soul-stealing djinn and the magicks proffered by Firouz result in a fine tale that any reader of sword and sorcery or tales of the Arabian Nights will enjoy.

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