"G. Willow Wilson has a deft hand with myth and with magic, and the
kind of smart, honest writing mind that knits together and bridges
cultures and people. You should read what she writes."--Neil
Gaiman, author of Stardust and American Gods "Driven by a hot ionic
charge between higher math and Arabian myth, G. Willow Wilson
conjures up a tale of literary enchantment, political change, and
religious mystery. Open the first page and you will be forced to do
its bidding: To read on."--Gregory Maguire, author of Wicked and
Out of Oz In an unnamed Middle Eastern security state, a young
Arab-Indian hacker shields his clients--dissidents, outlaws,
Islamists, and other watched groups--from surveillance and tries to
stay out of trouble. He goes by Alif--the first letter of the
Arabic alphabet, and a convenient handle to hide behind. The
aristocratic woman Alif loves has jilted him for a prince chosen by
her parents, and his computer has just been breached by the state's
electronic security force, putting his clients and his own neck on
the line. Then it turns out his lover's new fiance is the "Hand of
God," as they call the head of state security, and his henchmen
come after Alif, driving him underground. When Alif discovers The
Thousand and One Days, the secret book of the jinn, which both he
and the Hand suspect may unleash a new level of information
technology, the stakes are raised and Alif must struggle for life
or death, aided by forces seen and unseen. With shades of Neal
Stephenson, Philip Pullman, and The Thousand and One Nights, Alif
the Unseen is a tour de force debut--a sophisticated melting pot of
ideas, philosophy, technology, and spirituality smuggled inside an
irresistible page-turner. "[A] Harry Potter-ish action-adventure
romance [that] unfolds against the backdrop of the Arab Spring. . .
. Improbably charming . . . A bookload of wizardry and
glee."--Janet Maslin, The New York Times
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