The Abandoned City

About this book

Between the folds of quiet reality and the threads of mysterious unknowns begins the tale of "The Abandoned City." Have you ever wondered what hides behind doors everyone swore never to knock? In a simple village, where family warmth prevails and children's laughter rises, everything vanishes in a treacherous moment. Reem and Farida, two little girls not yet ten, are swallowed by a gate silent for decades, a gate the elders call the entrance to "the Abandoned City." Here the veil is drawn off a parallel world knowing no daylight, where the sky is overcast with perpetual clouds and the earth groans under an ancient curse. Shehab and his brothers and friends set out on a journey of despair and hope, finding themselves face to face with a cruel queen named Ariana, armies of vampires, and sorcerers toying with truth and illusion. It is no mere quest for the lost, but a confrontation with the self and with powers that know no mercy. In a literary style blending dark fantasy with sincere human feeling, the author takes us through a world where survival is a daily miracle.