The Storyteller's Daughter
By: Cameron Dokey
A king's heart hardened to ice. The women he marries must die the day after the wedding. Shaharazad, a blind story teller, thinks she can save King Shahrayar from his frozen heart. In order to do so she must tell a story as she has never told one before, for the story is the only thing that can save her life.
Exerpt:
"...But with the crowing of the cock, the dream had been shattered and Shahrayar returned to the real world once more. Day was here, impossible to ignore. Now he saw the way the sky had turned soft and pink like the inside of the shell his father had brought him once following a great victory on the shores of some faraway ocean. Never had he seen so beautiful and terrible a sight, thought Shahrayar, save for one thing only: When he looked on Shahrazad. His bride. His wife. His storyteller.
By his word, she had become all these things. And by his word, her life would end with the coming of this bright morning."
More Info:
Type of Book: Thought out Plot, Suspence, and Romance
Setting: Asian country in past
Rating: G
Length: 221 pages
My Opinion: This fanciful tale of preception, love, and life is very nicely written. The story uses both Shaharazad's and Shahrayar's perspectives to show the colorful world of places like India. A wonderful story!