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It’s a twenty-first century hauntingly familiar—and yet startlingly different from our own. Here the United States brokered a deal that ended World War I, and the Ottoman Empire never collapsed. And lording it over all sits the complex, seductive, and bloodthirsty North African metropolis of El Iskandryia. Almost nothing is what it seems to be in El Isk, and Ashraf Bey is no exception.

Neither the rich Ottoman aristocrat everyone thinks he is, nor the minor street criminal once shipped off to prison when he fell foul of his Chinese Triad employers–the fact is that Raf has as little idea who he is as anyone else.

With few clues and no money, all Raf has is a surname hinting at noble heritage and an arranged marriage to a woman who hates him. But nothing Ashraf al Mansur learns about himself is as unexpected—or as terrifying—as the brutal murder he’s accused of committing. Now, as a hunted man with the welfare of a precocious young girl in his irresponsible hands, Raf must race after a killer through an unforgiving city as foreign to him as the truth he'll uncover about himself.]]> 187176 7 1105485 2001 Pashazade total:109|5:33|4:45|3:23|2:5|1:3| 109 427 164 17 109005 3.76 625 76 78828433 2048748 187176 0553587439 9780553587432 14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172537774m/187176.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172537774s/187176.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/187176.Pashazade 3.89 85
It’s a twenty-first century hauntingly familiar—and yet startlingly different from our own. Here the United States brokered a deal that ended World War I, and the Ottoman Empire never collapsed. And lording it over all sits the complex, seductive, and bloodthirsty North African metropolis of El Iskandryia. Almost nothing is what it seems to be in El Isk, and Ashraf Bey is no exception.

Neither the rich Ottoman aristocrat everyone thinks he is, nor the minor street criminal once shipped off to prison when he fell foul of his Chinese Triad employers–the fact is that Raf has as little idea who he is as anyone else.

With few clues and no money, all Raf has is a surname hinting at noble heritage and an arranged marriage to a woman who hates him. But nothing Ashraf al Mansur learns about himself is as unexpected—or as terrifying—as the brutal murder he’s accused of committing. Now, as a hunted man with the welfare of a precocious young girl in his irresponsible hands, Raf must race after a killer through an unforgiving city as foreign to him as the truth he'll uncover about himself.]]> 2001 4 0 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Nov 24 03:10:24 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 24 03:15:23 -0800 2009 more...]]> 53117036 1344896 187176 0553587439 9780553587432 14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172537774m/187176.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172537774s/187176.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/187176.Pashazade 3.92 109
It’s a twenty-first century hauntingly familiar—and yet startlingly different from our own. Here the United States brokered a deal that ended World War I, and the Ottoman Empire never collapsed. And lording it over all sits the complex, seductive, and bloodthirsty North African metropolis of El Iskandryia. Almost nothing is what it seems to be in El Isk, and Ashraf Bey is no exception.

Neither the rich Ottoman aristocrat everyone thinks he is, nor the minor street criminal once shipped off to prison when he fell foul of his Chinese Triad employers–the fact is that Raf has as little idea who he is as anyone else.

With few clues and no money, all Raf has is a surname hinting at noble heritage and an arranged marriage to a woman who hates him. But nothing Ashraf al Mansur learns about himself is as unexpected—or as terrifying—as the brutal murder he’s accused of committing. Now, as a hunted man with the welfare of a precocious young girl in his irresponsible hands, Raf must race after a killer through an unforgiving city as foreign to him as the truth he'll uncover about himself.]]> 2001 4 1 false Sat Apr 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 18 08:22:13 -0700 2009 Sun May 03 12:24:18 -0700 2009
The protagonist in Pashazade is Ashraf, recently returned to Alexandria and replete with all the trappings of a rich man's son in a world where the Ottoman em...more...]]> 30513745 123482 187176 0553587439 9780553587432 14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172537774m/187176.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172537774s/187176.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/187176.Pashazade 3.92 109
It’s a twenty-first century hauntingly familiar—and yet startlingly different from our own. Here the United States brokered a deal that ended World War I, and the Ottoman Empire never collapsed. And lording it over all sits the complex, seductive, and bloodthirsty North African metropolis of El Iskandryia. Almost nothing is what it seems to be in El Isk, and Ashraf Bey is no exception.

Neither the rich Ottoman aristocrat everyone thinks he is, nor the minor street criminal once shipped off to prison when he fell foul of his Chinese Triad employers–the fact is that Raf has as little idea who he is as anyone else.

With few clues and no money, all Raf has is a surname hinting at noble heritage and an arranged marriage to a woman who hates him. But nothing Ashraf al Mansur learns about himself is as unexpected—or as terrifying—as the brutal murder he’s accused of committing. Now, as a hunted man with the welfare of a precocious young girl in his irresponsible hands, Raf must race after a killer through an unforgiving city as foreign to him as the truth he'll uncover about himself.]]> 2001 4 0 false Sun Aug 03 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 18 21:20:25 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 27 13:44:40 -0700 2008
In an alt-Alexandria (Egypt, not Virginia, and part of an Ottoman empire that lasts past the present day and into the near future), a minor Seattle criminal finds himself treated as royalty and gets implicated in murder. He has very little idea of who he is suppose...more...]]> 10056655 377117 946124 0743468333 9780743468336 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179695770m/946124.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179695770s/946124.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/946124.Pashazade_The_First_Arabesk 3.83 12 –Sunday Telegraph

“A mature balance between sensibility and action in what's essentially a rite of passage story allied with a detective thriller--deftly told and laced with neat ideas.”
–Time Out

“Near perfect.”
–Murder One


From the Trade Paperback edition.]]> 2001 4 0 false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Dec 06 15:22:56 -0800 2007 Thu Dec 06 15:29:36 -0800 2007 more...]]> 55702776 1909242 187176 0553587439 9780553587432 14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172537774m/187176.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172537774s/187176.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/187176.Pashazade 3.92 109
It’s a twenty-first century hauntingly familiar—and yet startlingly different from our own. Here the United States brokered a deal that ended World War I, and the Ottoman Empire never collapsed. And lording it over all sits the complex, seductive, and bloodthirsty North African metropolis of El Iskandryia. Almost nothing is what it seems to be in El Isk, and Ashraf Bey is no exception.

Neither the rich Ottoman aristocrat everyone thinks he is, nor the minor street criminal once shipped off to prison when he fell foul of his Chinese Triad employers–the fact is that Raf has as little idea who he is as anyone else.

With few clues and no money, all Raf has is a surname hinting at noble heritage and an arranged marriage to a woman who hates him. But nothing Ashraf al Mansur learns about himself is as unexpected—or as terrifying—as the brutal murder he’s accused of committing. Now, as a hunted man with the welfare of a precocious young girl in his irresponsible hands, Raf must race after a killer through an unforgiving city as foreign to him as the truth he'll uncover about himself.]]> 2001 3 0 false Mon May 11 13:42:18 -0700 2009 Mon May 11 13:42:18 -0700 2009 33962765 1498152 187176 0553587439 9780553587432 14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172537774m/187176.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172537774s/187176.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/187176.Pashazade 3.92 109
It’s a twenty-first century hauntingly familiar—and yet startlingly different from our own. Here the United States brokered a deal that ended World War I, and the Ottoman Empire never collapsed. And lording it over all sits the complex, seductive, and bloodthirsty North African metropolis of El Iskandryia. Almost nothing is what it seems to be in El Isk, and Ashraf Bey is no exception.

Neither the rich Ottoman aristocrat everyone thinks he is, nor the minor street criminal once shipped off to prison when he fell foul of his Chinese Triad employers–the fact is that Raf has as little idea who he is as anyone else.

With few clues and no money, all Raf has is a surname hinting at noble heritage and an arranged marriage to a woman who hates him. But nothing Ashraf al Mansur learns about himself is as unexpected—or as terrifying—as the brutal murder he’s accused of committing. Now, as a hunted man with the welfare of a precocious young girl in his irresponsible hands, Raf must race after a killer through an unforgiving city as foreign to him as the truth he'll uncover about himself.]]> 2001 4 0 false Sat Sep 27 08:14:38 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 27 08:19:16 -0700 2008 more...]]> 867440 66125 187176 0553587439 9780553587432 14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172537774m/187176.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172537774s/187176.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/187176.Pashazade 3.92 109
It’s a twenty-first century hauntingly familiar—and yet startlingly different from our own. Here the United States brokered a deal that ended World War I, and the Ottoman Empire never collapsed. And lording it over all sits the complex, seductive, and bloodthirsty North African metropolis of El Iskandryia. Almost nothing is what it seems to be in El Isk, and Ashraf Bey is no exception.

Neither the rich Ottoman aristocrat everyone thinks he is, nor the minor street criminal once shipped off to prison when he fell foul of his Chinese Triad employers–the fact is that Raf has as little idea who he is as anyone else.

With few clues and no money, all Raf has is a surname hinting at noble heritage and an arranged marriage to a woman who hates him. But nothing Ashraf al Mansur learns about himself is as unexpected—or as terrifying—as the brutal murder he’s accused of committing. Now, as a hunted man with the welfare of a precocious young girl in his irresponsible hands, Raf must race after a killer through an unforgiving city as foreign to him as the truth he'll uncover about himself.]]> 2001 4 0 false Tue Apr 24 16:37:14 -0700 2007 Fri Apr 27 23:45:33 -0700 2007 more...]]> 16381032 943245 187176 0553587439 9780553587432 14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172537774m/187176.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172537774s/187176.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/187176.Pashazade 3.92 109
It’s a twenty-first century hauntingly familiar—and yet startlingly different from our own. Here the United States brokered a deal that ended World War I, and the Ottoman Empire never collapsed. And lording it over all sits the complex, seductive, and bloodthirsty North African metropolis of El Iskandryia. Almost nothing is what it seems to be in El Isk, and Ashraf Bey is no exception.

Neither the rich Ottoman aristocrat everyone thinks he is, nor the minor street criminal once shipped off to prison when he fell foul of his Chinese Triad employers–the fact is that Raf has as little idea who he is as anyone else.

With few clues and no money, all Raf has is a surname hinting at noble heritage and an arranged marriage to a woman who hates him. But nothing Ashraf al Mansur learns about himself is as unexpected—or as terrifying—as the brutal murder he’s accused of committing. Now, as a hunted man with the welfare of a precocious young girl in his irresponsible hands, Raf must race after a killer through an unforgiving city as foreign to him as the truth he'll uncover about himself.]]> 2001 5 0 false Sat Mar 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Feb 25 21:27:29 -0800 2008 Wed Mar 19 21:52:07 -0700 2008 more...]]> 19822689 1070534 187176 0553587439 9780553587432 14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172537774m/187176.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172537774s/187176.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/187176.Pashazade 3.92 109
It’s a twenty-first century hauntingly familiar—and yet startlingly different from our own. Here the United States brokered a deal that ended World War I, and the Ottoman Empire never collapsed. And lording it over all sits the complex, seductive, and bloodthirsty North African metropolis of El Iskandryia. Almost nothing is what it seems to be in El Isk, and Ashraf Bey is no exception.

Neither the rich Ottoman aristocrat everyone thinks he is, nor the minor street criminal once shipped off to prison when he fell foul of his Chinese Triad employers–the fact is that Raf has as little idea who he is as anyone else.

With few clues and no money, all Raf has is a surname hinting at noble heritage and an arranged marriage to a woman who hates him. But nothing Ashraf al Mansur learns about himself is as unexpected—or as terrifying—as the brutal murder he’s accused of committing. Now, as a hunted man with the welfare of a precocious young girl in his irresponsible hands, Raf must race after a killer through an unforgiving city as foreign to him as the truth he'll uncover about himself.]]> 2001 4 0 false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Apr 09 15:54:01 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 21 15:59:21 -0700 2008 107247 12622 187176 0553587439 9780553587432 14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172537774m/187176.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172537774s/187176.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/187176.Pashazade 3.92 109
It’s a twenty-first century hauntingly familiar—and yet startlingly different from our own. Here the United States brokered a deal that ended World War I, and the Ottoman Empire never collapsed. And lording it over all sits the complex, seductive, and bloodthirsty North African metropolis of El Iskandryia. Almost nothing is what it seems to be in El Isk, and Ashraf Bey is no exception.

Neither the rich Ottoman aristocrat everyone thinks he is, nor the minor street criminal once shipped off to prison when he fell foul of his Chinese Triad employers–the fact is that Raf has as little idea who he is as anyone else.

With few clues and no money, all Raf has is a surname hinting at noble heritage and an arranged marriage to a woman who hates him. But nothing Ashraf al Mansur learns about himself is as unexpected—or as terrifying—as the brutal murder he’s accused of committing. Now, as a hunted man with the welfare of a precocious young girl in his irresponsible hands, Raf must race after a killer through an unforgiving city as foreign to him as the truth he'll uncover about himself.]]> 2001 1 0 false Fri Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Mon Feb 26 16:56:18 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 16 16:10:13 -0800 2009 6845956 415816 1118453 0671773682 9780671773687 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181144703m/1118453.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181144703s/1118453.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1118453.Pashazade_The_First_Arabesk 4.00 8 –Sunday Telegraph

“A mature balance between sensibility and action in what's essentially a rite of passage story allied with a detective thriller--deftly told and laced with neat ideas.”
–Time Out

“Near perfect.”
–Murder One


From the Trade Paperback edition.]]> 2001 5 0 false Wed Sep 26 13:38:55 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 26 13:44:49 -0700 2007 8544436 591862 187176 0553587439 9780553587432 14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172537774m/187176.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172537774s/187176.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/187176.Pashazade 3.92 109
It’s a twenty-first century hauntingly familiar—and yet startlingly different from our own. Here the United States brokered a deal that ended World War I, and the Ottoman Empire never collapsed. And lording it over all sits the complex, seductive, and bloodthirsty North African metropolis of El Iskandryia. Almost nothing is what it seems to be in El Isk, and Ashraf Bey is no exception.

Neither the rich Ottoman aristocrat everyone thinks he is, nor the minor street criminal once shipped off to prison when he fell foul of his Chinese Triad employers–the fact is that Raf has as little idea who he is as anyone else.

With few clues and no money, all Raf has is a surname hinting at noble heritage and an arranged marriage to a woman who hates him. But nothing Ashraf al Mansur learns about himself is as unexpected—or as terrifying—as the brutal murder he’s accused of committing. Now, as a hunted man with the welfare of a precocious young girl in his irresponsible hands, Raf must race after a killer through an unforgiving city as foreign to him as the truth he'll uncover about himself.]]> 2001 3 0 false Thu Nov 01 19:56:00 -0700 2007 Thu Nov 01 19:57:59 -0700 2007 61974553 175727 6201631 0575083700 9780575083707 1 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6201631.Pashazade_The_Arabesk_Trilogy_Book_1_The_First_Arabesk 5.00 1 Set in a mildly different alternate world, Pashazade is a thriller with a solidly imagined mystery at its core; it is also a novel about a man finally and belatedly growing up. Ashraf's sense of responsibility for an orphaned girl and for the woman with whom he has refused an arranged marriage are part of what makes him admirable; he has learned the hard way not to treat people as disposable. The details of this alternate near future--an Arab world that remained Turkish after a 1914 war that never quite became important, and into which some slick cybertechnology and genetic gadgetry have slotted without changing anything fundamental--are effectively imagined, but never more important than the people. --Roz Kaveney

]]> 2001 5 0 false Thu Jul 02 20:10:11 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 02 20:12:33 -0700 2009 19517844 1048045 187176 0553587439 9780553587432 14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172537774m/187176.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172537774s/187176.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/187176.Pashazade 3.92 109
It’s a twenty-first century hauntingly familiar—and yet startlingly different from our own. Here the United States brokered a deal that ended World War I, and the Ottoman Empire never collapsed. And lording it over all sits the complex, seductive, and bloodthirsty North African metropolis of El Iskandryia. Almost nothing is what it seems to be in El Isk, and Ashraf Bey is no exception.

Neither the rich Ottoman aristocrat everyone thinks he is, nor the minor street criminal once shipped off to prison when he fell foul of his Chinese Triad employers–the fact is that Raf has as little idea who he is as anyone else.

With few clues and no money, all Raf has is a surname hinting at noble heritage and an arranged marriage to a woman who hates him. But nothing Ashraf al Mansur learns about himself is as unexpected—or as terrifying—as the brutal murder he’s accused of committing. Now, as a hunted man with the welfare of a precocious young girl in his irresponsible hands, Raf must race after a killer through an unforgiving city as foreign to him as the truth he'll uncover about himself.]]> 2001 4 0 false Thu Oct 21 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Sat Apr 05 09:25:47 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 05 09:27:28 -0700 2008 35643761 1632013 187176 0553587439 9780553587432 14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172537774m/187176.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172537774s/187176.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/187176.Pashazade 3.92 109
It’s a twenty-first century hauntingly familiar—and yet startlingly different from our own. Here the United States brokered a deal that ended World War I, and the Ottoman Empire never collapsed. And lording it over all sits the complex, seductive, and bloodthirsty North African metropolis of El Iskandryia. Almost nothing is what it seems to be in El Isk, and Ashraf Bey is no exception.

Neither the rich Ottoman aristocrat everyone thinks he is, nor the minor street criminal once shipped off to prison when he fell foul of his Chinese Triad employers–the fact is that Raf has as little idea who he is as anyone else.

With few clues and no money, all Raf has is a surname hinting at noble heritage and an arranged marriage to a woman who hates him. But nothing Ashraf al Mansur learns about himself is as unexpected—or as terrifying—as the brutal murder he’s accused of committing. Now, as a hunted man with the welfare of a precocious young girl in his irresponsible hands, Raf must race after a killer through an unforgiving city as foreign to him as the truth he'll uncover about himself.]]> 2001 4 0 false Fri Apr 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 18 14:21:28 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 18 14:22:58 -0700 2008 1 30972838 15473 187176 0553587439 9780553587432 14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172537774m/187176.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172537774s/187176.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/187176.Pashazade 3.92 109
It’s a twenty-first century hauntingly familiar—and yet startlingly different from our own. Here the United States brokered a deal that ended World War I, and the Ottoman Empire never collapsed. And lording it over all sits the complex, seductive, and bloodthirsty North African metropolis of El Iskandryia. Almost nothing is what it seems to be in El Isk, and Ashraf Bey is no exception.

Neither the rich Ottoman aristocrat everyone thinks he is, nor the minor street criminal once shipped off to prison when he fell foul of his Chinese Triad employers–the fact is that Raf has as little idea who he is as anyone else.

With few clues and no money, all Raf has is a surname hinting at noble heritage and an arranged marriage to a woman who hates him. But nothing Ashraf al Mansur learns about himself is as unexpected—or as terrifying—as the brutal murder he’s accused of committing. Now, as a hunted man with the welfare of a precocious young girl in his irresponsible hands, Raf must race after a killer through an unforgiving city as foreign to him as the truth he'll uncover about himself.]]> 2001 0 0 false Sat Aug 23 05:38:54 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 23 05:38:54 -0700 2008 2002708 133595 187176 0553587439 9780553587432 14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172537774m/187176.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172537774s/187176.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/187176.Pashazade 3.92 109
It’s a twenty-first century hauntingly familiar—and yet startlingly different from our own. Here the United States brokered a deal that ended World War I, and the Ottoman Empire never collapsed. And lording it over all sits the complex, seductive, and bloodthirsty North African metropolis of El Iskandryia. Almost nothing is what it seems to be in El Isk, and Ashraf Bey is no exception.

Neither the rich Ottoman aristocrat everyone thinks he is, nor the minor street criminal once shipped off to prison when he fell foul of his Chinese Triad employers–the fact is that Raf has as little idea who he is as anyone else.

With few clues and no money, all Raf has is a surname hinting at noble heritage and an arranged marriage to a woman who hates him. But nothing Ashraf al Mansur learns about himself is as unexpected—or as terrifying—as the brutal murder he’s accused of committing. Now, as a hunted man with the welfare of a precocious young girl in his irresponsible hands, Raf must race after a killer through an unforgiving city as foreign to him as the truth he'll uncover about himself.]]> 2001 3 0 false Fri Jun 15 10:59:33 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 15 11:08:07 -0700 2007 81929975 2242656 1118453 0671773682 9780671773687 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181144703m/1118453.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181144703s/1118453.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1118453.Pashazade_The_First_Arabesk 3.92 109 –Sunday Telegraph

“A mature balance between sensibility and action in what's essentially a rite of passage story allied with a detective thriller--deftly told and laced with neat ideas.”
–Time Out

“Near perfect.”
–Murder One


From the Trade Paperback edition.]]> 2001 0 0 false Thu Dec 24 03:12:46 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 24 03:12:46 -0800 2009 81854433 2454949 1118453 0671773682 9780671773687 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181144703m/1118453.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181144703s/1118453.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1118453.Pashazade_The_First_Arabesk 3.92 109 –Sunday Telegraph

“A mature balance between sensibility and action in what's essentially a rite of passage story allied with a detective thriller--deftly told and laced with neat ideas.”
–Time Out

“Near perfect.”
–Murder One


From the Trade Paperback edition.]]> 2001 0 0 false Wed Dec 23 08:32:35 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 23 08:32:37 -0800 2009 81677323 3062006 187176 0553587439 9780553587432 14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172537774m/187176.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172537774s/187176.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/187176.Pashazade 3.92 109
It’s a twenty-first century hauntingly familiar—and yet startlingly different from our own. Here the United States brokered a deal that ended World War I, and the Ottoman Empire never collapsed. And lording it over all sits the complex, seductive, and bloodthirsty North African metropolis of El Iskandryia. Almost nothing is what it seems to be in El Isk, and Ashraf Bey is no exception.

Neither the rich Ottoman aristocrat everyone thinks he is, nor the minor street criminal once shipped off to prison when he fell foul of his Chinese Triad employers–the fact is that Raf has as little idea who he is as anyone else.

With few clues and no money, all Raf has is a surname hinting at noble heritage and an arranged marriage to a woman who hates him. But nothing Ashraf al Mansur learns about himself is as unexpected—or as terrifying—as the brutal murder he’s accused of committing. Now, as a hunted man with the welfare of a precocious young girl in his irresponsible hands, Raf must race after a killer through an unforgiving city as foreign to him as the truth he'll uncover about himself.]]> 2001 0 0 false Mon Dec 21 13:10:08 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 21 13:10:08 -0800 2009 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=187176