A series of 24 books · Arabic and English
The Whisperers
The most gripping Arabic fantasy
The Whisperers series
The complete series in 24 books, from Born of the Eclipse to The Whisperers’ Covenant, in Arabic and English editions.
Before the Whisper
Book One
The Crescent Record
Two witnesses disagree over a cloudy horizon on the last evening of the month. The market needs a date to send out its caravan. Layan, an apprentice copyist, has to write a record that an absent reader can check, even if it costs her the seat on the cart home.
28 illustrated chapters · English edition 209 pages · Arabic edition 203 pages
Two ways into the series
Publication order
Born of the Eclipse
Book One of The Whisperers. Begin where the series began and read the 24 books in order.
Story order
The Crescent Record
Book One of Before the Whisper. Begin in the age of one world, at an observatory waiting on a crescent.
The world and the moon’s language
How an observatory records the crescent
After sunset the month observer watches for the first crescent. The record gives the night number, the station, where the witness stood and which way they faced, the time, the phase, the mansion, the weather, the witnesses’ names, and the decision with its reason. If cloud hides the horizon, the record says the crescent could not be seen.
The Crescent Record, Chapter One · Lunariq Canon Reference
Coming soon: the audiobooks
For those who love to read. The audio edition is on its way.