The Final Strife

Saara El-Arifi

eBook - 2022

In the first book of a visionary fantasy trilogy with its roots in the mythology of Africa and Arabia that “sings of rebellion, love, and the courage it takes to stand up to tyranny” (Samantha Shannon, author of The Priory of the Orange Tree), three women band together against a cruel empire that divides people by blood.“A game-changing new voice in epic fantasy . . . There are no Chosen Ones here, only bad choices and blood.”—Tasha Suri, author of The Jasmine ThroneONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Oprah Daily, AutostraddleRed is the blood of the elite, of magic, of control.Blue is the blood of the poor, of workers, of the resistance.Clear is the blood of the slaves, of the crushed, of the invisible.Sylah dreams of days growing ...up in the resistance, being told she would spark a revolution that would free the empire from the red-blooded ruling classes’ tyranny.... more