Court of Lions: A Mirage Novel

Court of Lions is the thrilling second installment in the Mirage series, which SLJ said in a starred review “has what it takes to be the next big thing in scifi/fantasy”!Two identical girls, one a princess, the other a rebel. Who will rule the empire?After being swept up into the brutal Vathek court, Amani, the ordinary girl forced to serve as the half-Vathek princess’s body double, has been forced into complete isolation. The cruel but complex princess, Maram, with whom Amani had cultivated a tenuous friendship, discovered Amani’s connection to the rebellion and has cornered her into silence, and if Amani crosses Maram once more, she will be revealed to everyone in the court.Amani desperately wants to continue helping the rebellion, to fight for her people’s freedom. But she must make a devastating decision: Will she continue to aid them and put her family―and herself―in mortal danger?

Somaiya Daud is a twenty-something writer and PhD candidate at the University of Washington. A former bookseller in the children's department at Politics and Prose in Washington, DC, Somaiya is passionate about Arabic poetry, the stars, and the Gothic novel. Mirage is her debut novel.