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The Arabiya people are conquering neighboring lands, and they say that resisting their army is useless: their caliph lives and rules forever with the blessing of their god, and he can reward his most loyal soldiers with the same gift of immortality...
Meanwhile, Narseh dreams of a child to revive his fallen clan, and this forces Lyn to look at relations between the two sexes in a new light.
Sequel to A Bone of a Bird's Wing.
(You CAN read it without the prequel, but don't be surprised if you have no idea how the characters ended up in this mess).
Unlike the first part, this is mostly F/F/F, although all types of relationships are present :)
As before, the author has no intention of offending any real-world religions or cultures.
Like the first book, this story has little to do with actual history - it comes with a dose of postmodernism and irony. The slang and deliberately modern phrasing in Lyn's sections are very much intentional.
And, much like the first one, this is a pretty heavy read.