![]() ![]() ![]() Partway through the book, Amani finds herself in the heart of the capital inside the Sultan’s own harem. She also has strong feelings for Jin, a boy who is only in this rebellion because Prince Ahmed is his half-brother. Using her sand ability and her special talent with sharpshooting, Amani helps to usurp the power hungry and ruthless Sultan. ![]() Amani's power is elemental, and she controls the sands of the desert.Īmani starts a series of actions in the first book, “Rebel of the Sands,” that lead her to being part of Prince Ahmed’s rebellion against the ruler of their land. Each Demdji has his or her own set of abilities: illusion, shape shifting or elemental. Amani isn’t just human - she’s a Demdji, the child of a Djinn and a human woman. ![]() Her mother was hanged for murdering her father, so Amani has grown up in her uncle’s house. While it isn’t mandatory to read the first book, the story is richer and much more enjoyable if the reader is caught up with the complexity of the series.Īmani is a young woman of the desert. “Traitor to the Throne” by Alwyn Hamilton is the second book in the ongoing Rebel of the Sands series. " TRAITOR TO THE THRONE ," by Alwyn Hamilton, Viking, $18.99, 528 pages (f) (ages 14 and up) ![]()
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