Eyla is sick of privilege and wealth. Real life is out there: Matching wits with desert nomads, exploding the sky with fire powder, telling tales enough to shame Reality with its inadequacies. Now the soldiers of Majra have come, outlawing the delicate beauty of tales and lies, exaggerations and insults. Held for ransom, Eyla must decide whether to forsake everything-and everyone-she's ever known. But Majra has picked on the wrong person. With the help of the shadowy Black Cabal, Eyla starts planning a truly extraordinary ...
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Eyla is sick of privilege and wealth. Real life is out there: Matching wits with desert nomads, exploding the sky with fire powder, telling tales enough to shame Reality with its inadequacies. Now the soldiers of Majra have come, outlawing the delicate beauty of tales and lies, exaggerations and insults. Held for ransom, Eyla must decide whether to forsake everything-and everyone-she's ever known. But Majra has picked on the wrong person. With the help of the shadowy Black Cabal, Eyla starts planning a truly extraordinary theft. Succeed, and she'll save countless eccentric artists and mad grandmothers, daft sages and daring talemakers. The only question is, can she pull it off-and in time?
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