On the Lives of Heroes

About this book

Ahmed Yehia's collection moves through five distinct worlds where crime meets magical realism, fantasy collides with social drama, and police pursuits leave little room to breathe. A fugitive hiding beside a cemetery begins hearing the wronged dead; a sultan wages war against cannibal tribes with strategy and sorcery; an ambitious young man fights class prejudice to protect the woman he loves; and further stories turn romance, corruption, and frustration into tests of character. Across these shifting settings, On the Lives of Heroes asks how ordinary or compromised people become capable of courage—and what redemption demands from them.