Sarim
“Boy, you’ve got a heart of fire.”
Sarim
Mishal was ten years old when he first met demons.
It’s been in his head ever since, taunting, telling him that he’d never be good enough. Whenever he reads the Quran, pangs of pain spring from his head. At the cost of this curse, Mishal also gained the ability to produce weak flames from his hands.
Mishal’s family shuns him for his possession and the demon hates him, but something changes with the arrival of an old man with a white cane. Shayib Ghalib promises to save Mishal, but he can’t do it alone.
Who is Shayib Ghalib? Why is he helping Mishal? Why did the boy’s possession give him the power of flames? Everything is linked to a prophecy which might not come true, and a single mysterious name.
Sarim.
Hazim
“At sixteen years old, he was discovering that anxious hearts can find comfort in a number of different things”
Hazim
It has been near 6 months since Mishal Al Balushi’s final showdown with Bani Safi, a sorcerer organization tried to tame powerful jinn and take over the country.
Now, 16 year-old Mishal is the captain of newly formed team 14 at Sarim, the Public Authority for Anti Jinn Operations. He uses his power over fire to protect his team members, eager Salim and young Salwa, even when Mishal knows that they’re not yet ready to fight jinn on their own. When not fighting to protect Oman, Mishal bickers with Asaad Al Nabhani, who has been chosen as Mishal’s boss, and he seeks advice from Eman Al Lawati, who is achieving the remarkable as captain of her own team.
But when Mishal and Asaad discover that an ancient jinni is seeking to possess Asaad, the two vow to stop the possession from happening. Feeling uncertainty deep in his heart, Mishal finds himself confronted with a choice: Should he trust Asaad to take care of this jinni as always? Or will Mishal rise up to help his friend?
Check out Hazim on Goodreads and then head on to Rudhat Al Qurra to order it
Majan Chronicles
“Something always went wrong in life. The science of living- and it was a science, mind you- mainly entailed learning how to adapt to the wrongs of everyday suffering.”
Majan Chronicles
Venture into hearts and minds with a new short story collection.
Explore Oman with Majan Chronicles, a series of fictional short stories all about the daily dramas of our lovely lives. Each story is a small, fun adventure into the soul of a different Omani: A retiree who doesn’t know what to do with his life anymore, a volunteer worker who goes to Al Batinah after Cyclone Shaheen, a girl who doesn’t want to feel alone anymore in her house of silence.
Each story has a unique perspective and offers insight into a different theme. Sit back, relax, and enjoy this tour of hearts.
As a bonus, each story has a QR code which takes you to an audio version of the story produced by Oman FM 90.4
Buy from Rudhat Al Qurra Bookstore in Al Khoudh, Suika Art Cafe in Boushar, or Booklands Bookstore in Mazoon street.
Unoriginal Tales: Ten Fantastical Stories From Oman (Free Ebook)
“The sight pulled at him and Laith swerved in his run, going towards a lone object in the distance. An unidentified halo shone on it, and he realized that it was a cane sticking upwards from the concrete.”
Unoriginal Tales
In the land of mountains and cardamum-filled coffee, magic lurks behind even the most urban door.
Unoriginal Tales is a group of ten fantasy stories set either in urban Oman or in a far-off remnant of the beautiful, palm-tree-studded GCC country. A girl must duel for her life in Sultan Qaboos University, a youth escapes the walking dead in the middle of Muscat Grand Mall, and a dragon, cursed with the gift of humanity, roars among the dust-devils.
There is a modern question about our Omani society behind each of these stories, and you may gasp at what you find.
Unoriginal Tales is available via Amazon. If you just want the PDF, you can grab it literally for free here.