An epic love story inspired by 1000 and 1 Nights.A ruthless caliph rules in the kingdom of Khorasan. Every day he marries a new girl and executes her at dawn.After the death of her only friend, sixteen-year-old Shahrazade swears that she will take revenge on the tyrant. In order to kill the bloody ruler, she voluntarily agrees to become his bride.But first, Shahrazade needs to figure out how to avoid her own death. She tells the caliph story after story, cutting them off at an interesting point. Soon the girl begins to guess that a terrible secret is hidden behind the cruelty of the caliph.Shahrazad is imbued with sympathy for him and wants to break the vicious circle of death. Can love triumph in a world filled with hate, lies and betrayal?The New York Times bestseller.TIME Magazine's 100 Greatest Fantasy Novels of All Time.