Book
The desert of souls : [a novel] / Howard Andrew Jones.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780312646745 (alk. paper)
- ISBN: 0312646747 (alk. paper)
- Physical Description: 309 p. ; 25 cm.
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Thomas Dunne Books, 2011.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Subtitle from cover. |
| Summary, etc.: | In eighth-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. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Historical fiction. Iran > History > 640-1500 > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Fantasy fiction. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at GRPL.
Author Notes
The Desert of Souls
When not helping run his small family farm or spending time with his amazing wife and children, Howard can be found hunched over his laptop or notebook, mumbling about flashing swords and doom-haunted towers. He has worked variously as a TV cameraman, a book editor, a recycling consultant, and a college writing instructor. He was instrumental in the rebirth of interest in Harold Lamb's historical fiction, and has assembled and edited 8 collections of Lamb's work for the Universityof Nebraska Press. His stories of Dabir and Asim have appeared in a variety of publications over the last ten years, and led to his invitation to join the editorial staff of Black Gate magazine in 2004, where he has served as Managing Editor ever since. He blogs regularly at the Black Gate website.
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