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Before you continue, I would firstly like to thank the organizer of this blog tour, Aimee for organising this tour and letting me be a part of it. Thank you.
BOOK INFORMATION
TITLE: Mirage
AUTHOR: Somaiya Daud
PUBLISH DATE: August 28th 2018
PUBLISHER: Flatiron Books
SYNOPSIS:
In a star system dominated by the brutal Vathek empire, eighteen-year-old Amani is a dreamer. She dreams of what life was like before the occupation; she dreams of writing poetry like the old-world poems she adores; she dreams of receiving a sign from Dihya that one day, she, too, will have adventure, and travel beyond her isolated moon.
But when adventure comes for Amani, it is not what she expects: she is kidnapped by the regime and taken in secret to the royal palace, where she discovers that she is nearly identical to the cruel half-Vathek Princess Maram. The princess is so hated by her conquered people that she requires a body double, someone to appear in public as Maram, ready to die in her place.
As Amani is forced into her new role, she can’t help but enjoy the palace’s beauty—and her time with the princess’ fiancé, Idris. But the glitter of the royal court belies a world of violence and fear. If Amani ever wishes to see her family again, she must play the princess to perfection…because one wrong move could lead to her death.
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32768520-mirage
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Mirage-Novel-Somaiya-Daud/dp/1250126428
Book Depository: https://www.bookdepository.com/Mirage-Somaiya-Daud/9781250126429
AUTHOR INFORMATION
Somaiya Daud was born in a Midwestern city, and spent a large part of her childhood and adolescence moving around. Like most writers, she started when she was young and never really stopped. Her love of all things books propelled her to get a degree in English literature (specializing in the medieval and early modern), and while she worked on her Master’s degree she doubled as a bookseller at Politics and Prose in their children’s department. Determined to remain in school for as long as possible, she packed her bags in 2014 and moved the west coast to pursue a doctoral degree in English literature. Now she’s preparing to write a dissertation on Victorians, rocks, race, and the environment.
Author website: http://www.somaiyabooks.com/
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/15179415.Somaiya_Daud
Twitter: https://twitter.com/somaiyadaud
Instagram: http://instagram.com/somaiiiya
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/somaiyadaudauthor/
Tumblr: http://somaiyaonline.tumblr.com/
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GIVEAWAY
- One finished copy of MIRAGE (US only)
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