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Wanda
Jun 27, 2013 rated it it was amazing
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Quite a interesting book which is a fictional account of the journey of the Magi to Bethlehem. This story is told by two young people who are members of fictitious Persian royal family who fled from Susa after an unsuccessful rebellion against the Persian king. Mithra and her brother Babak survive as being beggars and thieves. However, it is discovered that Babak has the power of prophetic dreams. With this ability he and his sister come into the control of Melichor, one of the Magi. Melichor th ...more
Soelo
Feb 18, 2018 marked it as to-read