Rebel of the Sands (#1)

Author(s): Alwyn Hamilton

Young Adult Fiction

The New York Times bestselling novel by the Goodreads Choice Awards Best Debut Author of 2016, published in 15 countries

Mortals rule the desert nation of Miraji, but mythical beasts still roam the wild and remote areas, and rumor has it that somewhere, djinn still perform their magic. For humans, it's an unforgiving place, especially if you're poor, orphaned, or female. Amani Al'Hiza is all three. She's a gifted gunslinger with perfect aim, but she can't shoot her way out of Dustwalk, the back-country town where she's destined to wind up wed or dead.


Then she meets Jin, a rakish foreigner, in a shooting contest, and sees him as the perfect escape route. But though she's spent years dreaming of leaving Dustwalk, she never imagined she'd gallop away on mythical horse--or that it would take a foreign fugitive to show her the heart of the desert she thought she knew.


This startlingly original Middle-East-meets-Wild-West fantasy reveals what happens when a dream deferred explodes--in the fires of rebellion, of romantic passion, and the all-consuming inferno of a girl finally embracing her power.

"The desert is a harsh and unforgiving place. Survival is paramount, trade the lifeblood of every settlement. And in Dustwalk, the product is the most valuable of all: iron.



Iron makes the weapons that keep the law, that hold back the Djinni, the ghouls, the monsters. That protect travellers from thieves and slavers. Iron is the key to Amani's escape, if her deception is not discovered first, if the distantly brewing rebellion doesn't engulf all of Miraji in fire and blood.


Hamilton's debut weaves together the hardscrabble existence of frontier life with the beauty of the mysterious desert, a world punishing in its disregard for life. A world where magic is no guarantee of safety, where power can be your greatest weakness.

Without allies and only her own quick draw to save her, Amani must outwit both her own people who would see her married into virtual slavery, as well as the soldiers who would kill her for the crime of being born."


- Sasha

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The first in a trilogy packed with shooting contests, train robberies, festivals under the stars, powerful Djinni magic and an electrifying love story.

Alwyn Hamilton was born in Toronto and spent her early years bouncing between Europe and Canada until her parents settled in France. She left France for Cambridge University to study History of Art at King's College, focusing in on painting in the French Revolution. She then moved to London where she now lives and put her degree to use working for an auction house. REBEL OF THE SANDS is her first novel.

General Fields

  • : 9780571325252
  • : Faber & Faber, Limited
  • : Faber & Faber, Limited
  • : 0.26
  • : September 2015
  • : 198mm X 129mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Alwyn Hamilton
  • : Paperback
  • : Main
  • : en
  • : [Fic]
  • : 368