A Scream in the City of Gold

About this book

Have you ever wondered what happens when "imagination" decides to knock on your routine reality's door in a late hour of laziness? Qamar is a girl resembling all of us; she drowns in the world of blue screens escaping life's responsibilities, until she suddenly finds herself, through a mysterious flash, a citizen of a city she heard of only in legends: "Goldinia," the city of gold where walls glitter and trees bear crowns, but where the glitter of the precious metal hides behind it the echo of unheard screams, and shadows of girls bound by chains of injustice. Between the bewilderment of amazement and the shock of reality, Qamar finds herself trapped in a battle she did not choose, standing face to face with Prince Firas, the ruler whose heart is torn between harsh inherited traditions and a nascent love for a girl who came from "the future" to change the present. The novel is no mere journey through time or place, but a journey inside the human psyche; where Qamar discovers that true gold lies not in the earth's veins, but in the veins of freedom and dignity that were lost.