Front cover of Blood & Ink, showing a turbaned fighter with an AK47

Blood & Ink

  • Age Range: 14+
  • Publisher: Andersen Press
  • Format: paperback
  • Genre: fiction
  • ISBN: 978-1580897907
  • Publication date: 19 September 2017
  • Print length: 213 pages
  • Dimensions: 14.76 x 2.21 x 21.74 cm

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Synopsis

Kadija is the music-loving daughter of a guardian of the sacred manuscripts of the ancient city of Timbuktu, Mali. Ali is a former shepherd boy, trained as a warrior for Allah.


Tonight, the Islamist rebels are coming for Timbuktu. They will install a harsh regime of law and tear apart the peaceful world within the mud walls of the city. Television, football, radios, even music, will be banned.
Kadija refuses to let go of her former life. And something in her defiance draws Ali to her. Which path will he choose?

Reviews

  • A sterling job

    An exciting combination of sweeping romance, adventure, danger and history, and it whizzes by at a gallopping speed
    Cethan Leahy
    author

  • Gripping

    An action-packed but historically significant novel that grips you from beginning to end
    Ramblings of an Elfpire

  • Full of excitement

    It’s not just Ali and Kadija who leap off the page but their friends, family and neighbours, too. The story is gripping, full of excitement, romance and heart-stopping moments
    Books for Keeps

  • This book has everything to offer the reader: action-packed adventure, historical events and thrilling real-life danger pumped with emotions and feelings. A great infusion of religious culture will leave you thinking, even after the last page has been turned
    Enchanted Books
    link to review

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