And when she joins forces with Sylah and Anoor, together these grains of sand will become a storm.Īs the empire begins a set of trials of combat and skill designed to find its new leaders, the stage is set for blood to flow, power to shift, and cities to burn. This change of climate had a significant impact on. She was raised in the Middle East until her formative years, when her family swapped the Abu Dhabi desert for the English Peak District hills.

But invisibility has its uses: It can hide the most dangerous of secrets, secrets that can reignite a revolution. Saara El-Arifi is the Sunday Times bestselling author of THE FINAL STRIFE, the first part of a trilogy inspired by her Ghanaian and Arabian heritage. Hassa moves through the world unseen by upper classes, so she knows what it means to be invisible. But when Sylah and Anoor meet, a fire burns between them that could consume the kingdom-and their hearts. That spark was extinguished the day she watched her family murdered before her eyes.Īnoor has been told she’s nothing, no one, a disappointment, by the only person who matters: her mother, the most powerful ruler in the empire. Sylah dreams of days growing up in the resistance, being told she would spark a revolution that would free the empire from the red-blooded ruling classes’ tyranny. Red is the blood of the elite, of magic, of control.īlue is the blood of the poor, of workers, of the resistance.Ĭlear is the blood of the slaves, of the crushed, of the invisible. ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Oprah Daily, Autostraddle There are no Chosen Ones here, only bad choices and blood.”-Tasha Suri, author of The Jasmine Throne less than 1 minute read Title: The Final Strife Author: Saara El-Arifi Year: 2022 Some site I was reading (maybe io9) had a list of books coming out in the next few months. “A game-changing new voice in epic fantasy. Book Review: The Final Strife by Saara El-Arifi Originally posted on. In the first book of a visionary fantasy trilogy with its roots in the mythology of Africa and Arabia that “sings of rebellion, love, and the courage it takes to stand up to tyranny” (Samantha Shannon, author of The Priory of the Orange Tree), three women band together against a cruel empire that divides people by blood.

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