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MediaDB / «Daughter of the Salt King" by A. S. Thornton: download fb2, read online
About the book: year / The Daughter of the Salt King, Emel, is destined to become one of the most powerful women in the desert. However, she, like her sisters, has less freedom than her father’s slaves... after all, the Salt King uses his own daughters to seduce noble guests in order to make his strong allies out of them, arranging profitable marriages. And it seems that it is impossible to escape from the power of the father. But Emel dreams of a life in which she can decide her own destiny. When her father's court is attacked by rebels, Emel is given the opportunity to free herself. Saalim, the wish-granting genie, and her father's deepest secret can help her. But in the country of the Salt King, wishes are not fulfilled as we would like. Saalim's magic is capricious. Emel can lose everything, wishing for freedom for himself, and at this time the rebellion intensifies. Very soon it turns out that she is playing a dangerous game. Her dreams collide with duty, and love with a thirst for freedom. She discovers that the genie attracts her not only because of his magic. She is fascinated by him and the world beyond her desert settlement that he shows her. And now she must decide if she is ready to gain freedom and lose her family, home and Saalim, the only man she has ever loved..