Title: Hero at the Fall
Author: Alwyn Hamilton
Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers
Pages: 464
Synopsis: (from GoodReads)
When gunslinging Amani Al'Hiza escaped her dead-end town, she never
imagined she'd join a revolution, let alone lead one. But after the bloodthirsty
Sultan of Miraji imprisoned the Rebel Prince Ahmed in the mythical city of Eremot,
she doesn't have a choice. Armed with only her revolver, her wits, and her
untameable Demdji powers, Amani must rally her skeleton crew of rebels for
a rescue mission through the unforgiving desert to a place that, according
to maps, doesn't exist.
Spoilers Ahead Since End of Series
Rating: 5/5
I wanted to read this book so badly that I pre-ordered a copy from the UK
because it came out sooner than the US edition.
As soon as it came I put down what I was reading and picked it up. I finished
the action packed world of Demdji’s, Rebel Princes, Rebellions, and a blue eyed girl
with a revolver, in two short days. I loved every single page. Amani finally becomes
free of being unable to use her Demdji powers to their full spectrum, after almost
killing herself trying to use them, and making deals with the Djinn Zaahir. She and
Tamid are on friendlier terms, and Tamid is searching for the words to free the Djinn
that Amani had been forced to trap by the Sultan. Innocent girls were being murdered
by the Sultan in response to his daughter Leyla being kidnapped. He would continue
to murder them until Leyla was returned to him. However that was not going to
happen if Amani and Jin and the few rebels that were still with them could help it.
They enacted a plan to save the next girl who had been kidnapped, and then devised
a plan to escape the city they had become trapped in by a impenetrable wall of fire.
And destroying as many Abdals that Leyla had created for her father, to carry out
his orders.
Amani and her friends set out to Dustwalk to return Tamid home as he wished in
return for his help to free the Djinn. They are shocked to find in Dustwalk, as well as
that Noorsham is very much so NOT dead as had been originally thought.
In Hero at the Fall, Amani, with her stubborn personality and passionate heart finds
herself in shoe’s she never imagined she’d be in, and she wears them quite well.
I am very sad to see this trilogy come to an end as I enjoyed in so much, all I wish
to know is more about Ahmed’s life as Sultan, and Shazhad’s after taking over as
General for her father. However, Alwyn wrapped the story up without loose ends,
I just don’t want to say goodbye.
~Mackenzie
