When the two are tasked with investigating a string of ghul appearances, the cross paths with the were-lion Zamia, or as her powers are considered in Ahmed’s world – angel-touched. His young assistant is the holy/monk swordsman Raseed bas Raseed who takes out monsters with his dual-tipped sword. He loves the city in which he lives, Dhamsawaat and is the foremost ghul-hunter in the city, in fact he’s the last. Cover Art by Jason Chanĭoctor Adoulla Makhslood is that overweight, aged (60+) protagonist.
Technique is required, and in this case, Saladin Ahmed breathes vitality and life into the sword and sorcery sub genre with Throne of the Crescent Moon, his debut novel and the first of the Crescent Moon Kingdoms saga.
One can’t just add new ingredients to a new formula and expect it to magically work. Not exactly the most typical ingredients for sword & sorcery novel, but the elements are somewhat familiar and the framework of the story – an impeding doom with an oppressive government – is recognizable.
Review copy courtesy of the publisher DAWĪ fat old wizard/demon hunter as the hero and central figure of the story, the swordsman as the more mature, but younger sidekick, and the setting a desert empire that resembles a Middle East and Egypt of myth.
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