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U zlatnoj palati, mladi kalif Rašid al Hasan vlada posrnulim carstvom. Kairo je ogrezao u intrige. U senci Sive džamije, vojskovođe i emiri utrkuju se za naklonost okrutnog velikog vezira Džalala, a ne prezaju ni od ubistva kako bi uklonili protivnike. Egipat krvari, a njegovi neprijatelji skupljaju se poput ajkula: Širkuh, sluga damaskog sultana i Amalrik, hrišćanski kralj Jerusalima, čija pohlepa nema granica. Međutim, kalif od Kaira ima neobičnog saveznika – starca koji živi na udaljenoj planini. U njegovim rukama nalazi se oružje koje može odrediti sudbinu zaraćenih kalifata. To oružje zapravo je jedan čovek. Asasin...
The Assassin paid no heed to his quarry's death throes. His attention remained fixed on the long blade in his fist, on its pommel of yellowed ivory carved in the shape of a djinni's snarling visage. "I am al-Hashishiyya," he said to the glittering-eyed devil. "I am Death incarnate.""So am I," the devil replied . . . On the banks of the ageless Nile, from a palace of gold and lapis lazuli, the young Caliph Rashid al-Hasan rules as a figurehead over a crumbling empire. Cairo is awash in deception. In the shadow of the Gray Mosque, generals and emirs jockey for position under the scheming eyes of the powerful grand vizier. In the crowded souks and narrow alleys, warring factions employ murder and terror to silence their opponents. Egypt bleeds. And the scent draws her enemies in like sharks: the swaggering Kurd, Shirkuh, who serves the pious Sultan of Damascus and Amalric, the Christian king of Jerusalem whose greed is insatiable and whose knights are hungry for battle. And yet, all is not lost. There is an old man who lives on a remote mountainside in a distant land. He holds the power of life and death over the warring factions of the Muslim world - and decides to come to the Caliph's aid. He sends his greatest weapon into Egypt. He sends a single man. An Assassin. The one they call the" Emir of the Knife...."In this lighting-paced epic, bestselling author Scott Oden masterfully blends history and adventure in the style of Robert E. Howard. Bringing medieval Cario, the true jewel of the Arabian Nights, to exhilarating life, full of intrigue and thunderous battle, Oden resurrects one of the Ancient World's most beautiful and beguiling countries."" No library descriptions found. |
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Do yourself a favor, if you are reading this review... read this novel. It takes a lot to impress me, and this novel impressed me. His writing was evocative, and drew me into the culture and world of Cairo at that time. ( )