Vultures in the House of Silence

Wow! This book is a 5 star read, hands down! From the blurb alone I was already intrigued, but the book itself blew my mind! A boy named Khurafa wakes up surrounded by corpses, and is unable to move. He finds himself surrounded by vultures, ready to start pecking at him but stop once he starts talkin......more

With a hook like "avatar the last airbender meets the Witcher set in medieval Baghdad" I knew I had to read this. Main character Khurafa has a dream that shows him he's destined for more. He goes on a spiritual journey collecting allies in pursuit of getting rid of an evil group of ancient sorcerers......more

This is one of the VERY VERY VERY few self-published books that I found myself sucked into and enjoying despite the staggering amount of developmental editing and copy editing it needs. The story is definitely unique and involves a lot of elements I love: young hero finds himself reluctantly on a que......more

The book "Vultures in the House of Silence" by A.R. Latif is a well-written and thoughtfully planned out book. Although it took me some time to get into it because of the religious aspects, I found that it wasn't as heavy as I originally thought. Once the story developed, it became harder to put dow......more

I've always loved fantasy books that draw from history and mythology for their setting and combine this with original characters and plots. Some of my favorites as a kid were Nancy Farmer's and Susan Cooper's books and the Magic Treehouse series by Mary Pope Osborne. Vultures in the House of Silence......more