With each tale she spins, her power grows. Little things, at first: a dress from home, a vision of her sister. Through her pain, she calls upon the desert winds, conjuring a subtle unseen magic, and something besides death stirs the air.īack at the palace, the words she speaks to Lo-Melkhiin every night are given a strange life of their own. Something went wrong.įar away, in their village, her sister is mourning. Lo-Melkhiin was not always a cruel ruler.

Exploring the palace, she begins to unlock years of fear that have tormented and silenced a kingdom. Night after night, Lo-Melkhiin comes to her and listens to the stories she tells, and day after day she is awoken by the sunrise. But the first sun rises and sets, and she is not dead. She sees everything as if for the last time. Lo-Melkhiin’s court is a dangerous palace filled with pretty things: intricate statues with wretched eyes, exquisite threads to weave the most beautiful garments. She vows she will not let her be next.Īnd so she is taken in her sister’s place, and she believes death will soon follow. She knows he will want the loveliest girl: her sister. When she sees the dust cloud on the horizon, she knows he has arrived. Lo-Melkhiin killed three hundred girls before he came to her village, looking for a wife. Synopsis for A Thousand Nights (from Goodreads): Series Review: Is this series worth your time? Does it get better as the novels progress? Or does it get worse? Find out below:

A Thousand Nights by E.K. Johnston