Daring New Tales of the Arabian Nights

Book Synopsis: For the first time ever, Daring Tales of the Arabian Nights collects three beloved fantasy adventures inspired by One Thousand and One Nights, from bestselling author Graham Diamond.

The Thief of Kalimar

In the Jandari, where Kalimar’s wealthy sought the pleasures of the night, Ramagar preyed upon their purses. From a single game of jackals and hounds, the scimitar was his. Golden and bejewelled, Ramagar, the thief of thieves had acquired the ultimate treasure. But it is not such an easy fate as that.

Bound now by the bounty he holds, Ramagar and his lover, the dancer Mariana, face a dangerous journey and quest to liberate a land cold and shrouded in tyranny.

Captain Sinbad

Nearly two centuries before Marco Polo’s travels to Cathay, there lived the famed adventurer, rogue, mariner and poet, Sinbad.

When the corrupt Caliph of Baghdad steals away Scheherazade, the woman Sinbad has long loved, to be his wife, Sinbad is driven to exile and life as an outlaw voyaging the Seven Seas. He soon learns of the Red Dahlia, a flower that is said to grant a single wish to the person who crushes. And so begins Sinbad’s quest…

Cinnabar

Whilst in the great city of Basra, Aladdin visits his old friend the Sultan, and there meets the Sultan’s beautiful bride-to-be, Fatima. But disaster strikes and Fatima suddenly disappears. Aladdin knows he must find a way to get her back, and when an old prophet claims of such a way and of the fantasy land of Cinnabar, Aladdin agrees to bargain with him.

The price to pay, however, is high, and Aladdin must decide just how far he is willing to go to save her.

Praise for Graham Diamond:

‘An excellent Story … absorbing … keeps one reading on eagerly.’ Andre Norton

‘Graham Diamond has written a novel that stands out and dares to be different.’ Rising Shadow

Graham Diamond began writing as a fantasy and science fiction author. He was born in Manchester, England, but was raised in New York City. He is best known for books such as The Haven, Lady of the Haven, The Thief of Kalimar, Slack Midnight, Chocolate Lenin and Forest Wars. He soon turned to other genres; including historical fiction, thrillers, and later a true story of a Holocaust survivor’s family during World War II, Maybe You Will Survive. Diamond was employed as an editorial artist by the New York Times for many years, and has also taught creative writing in both New York and California.