Vultures in the House of Silence, A. R. Latif
Vultures in the House of Silence, A. R. Latif
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Vultures in the House of Silence

Author: A. R. Latif

Narrator: Ryan Haugen

Unabridged: 9 hr 42 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Dastan Press

Published: 01/24/2024


Synopsis

“The Witcher meets Avatar the Last Airbender in Medieval Baghdad”“A blend of Persian epics and Shonen Manga”A boy wakes up surrounded by corpses. Unable to move, he is assaulted by vultures who stop pecking at him only when he speaks. To survive this nightmarish ordeal, he tells them the story of how he ended up on their menu…What follows is the wild tale of the young gardener Khurafa, coping with the aftermath of the Mongol invasion of Baghdad and the death of his parents amidst the bloodshed. After a vivid dream and several supernatural encounters, he becomes convinced that an ancient group of nine sorcerers called the Servants are bent on world domination. Accompanied by his scholarly mentor Shaykh Nariman, and the sly, uncannily perceptive Zakiyya, he seeks saintly help against the Servants, but finds mostly monsters instead.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kaila on February 23, 2024

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

Goodreads review by Kourtney on February 15, 2024

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

Goodreads review by Zainab on October 12, 2024

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

Goodreads review by Amanda on February 15, 2024

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

Goodreads review by Kyle on December 21, 2023

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