There is always an evil ruler, Shahryār or a similar name, and there is always his wife, Scheherazade.

Though the contents of the stories change, One Thousand and One Nights has used the same framing device since the 700s. Debut author Renée Ahdieh takes her stab at a retelling next May with The Wrath and the Dawn.īustle has an exclusive first look at the cover, prologue, and first chapter of The Wrath and the Dawn.

And there's a reason for that: This collection of West, Central and South Asian, North African, and Arabic folk tales can be molded to fit nearly any audience at any time. I'm here to win.One Thousand and One Nights, also often known as Arabian Nights, has been told and retold and changed and adapted for more than 1,300 years. The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh IWB does a character ask another how it feels to be bested by a fool? The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh IWB do a character's eyes have bright silver centers that blend into rings of darkest ash? The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh IWB is a character convinced that a bird could get away with murder? The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh IWB will two girls always be a character's family even though they are not related by blood? The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh IWB has a character lied to everyone if another doesn't come to see her that night? The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh IWB does a character will the terror back inside the steel-encased enclosure of her heart? The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh IWB does a character hope the mosaic of color in her eyes hides the thought running rampant behind them? The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh IWB does a character say that if someone wants answers, killing her won't help in the endeavor? The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh IWB does a character tell another that their life is already forfeit? The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh IWB was a library once a grand edifice? The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh IWB does a character describe another as a stubborn tyrant of an older sister? The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh IWB does a character have the audacity to send her family to the home of her childhood sweetheart? The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh IWB does a character tell another that all books are special? The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh IWB does a character think: I'm not here to fight.

The wrath and the dawn by renée ahdieh