Sara Hashem

About Sara Hashem

Merciful Carnage: Tala’s life has been defined by her inability to die. When a mysterious plague starts to ravage the oasis villages, Tala is banished across the desert to the glittering city of Axsanda to secure refuge for her people. With the help of her shape-shifting scorpions, Tala will stop at nothing to prove herself as a healer and worthy member of her community. At least, until a would-be fatal encounter lands her in front of Selim, the chillingly beautiful High Judge of Axsanda and one of four immortal rulers of the land.

Upcoming Titles

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  Merciful Carnage February 2, 2027

  Tala’s life has been defined by her inability to die. When a mysterious plague starts to ravage the oasis villages, Tala is banished across the desert to the glittering city of Axsanda to secure refuge for her people. With the help of her shape-shifting scorpions, Tala will stop at nothing to prove herself as a healer and worthy member of her community. At least, until a would-be fatal encounter lands her in front of Selim, the chillingly beautiful High Judge of Axsanda and one of four immortal rulers of the land.

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Earlier Books

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  The Jasad Crown July 15, 2025

  In the thrilling conclusion to the Egyptian-inspired Scorched Throne duology, a fugitive queen must risk everything and everyone she loves for the chance to restore her lost kingdom of Jasad. Held deep in a mountain refuge, Sylvia has been captured by the Urabi, who believe the Jasad Heir can return their homeland to its former power. But after years of denying her legacy and a forbidden alliance with Jasad’s greatest enemy, Sylvia must win the Urabi’s trust while struggling to hide the dangerous side effects her magic is having on her mind.

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  Where No Shadow Stays 2024

  A homecoming queen and a bad-boy loner team up to break a generational curse in this YA supernatural horror from a talented American Egyptian voice. Seventeen-year-old Mina is always focused on what comes next: exams, school dances, lakeside picnics with friends. Looking to the future keeps her from dwelling on her past and how little she knows about where she comes from. Anytime she asks her father questions about Egypt--or about her mother's mysterious death--he struggles to open up.

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  The Jasad Heir July 18, 2023

  A fugitive queen strikes a bargain with her greatest enemy—who could resurrect her scorched kingdom or leave it in ashes forever—in this unmissable, slow-burn, Egyptian-inspired epic fantasy debut. "A remarkable, razor-sharp debut that cuts straight to the heart." -Chelsea Abdullah, author of The Stardust Thief Ten years ago, the kingdom of Jasad burned. Its magic was outlawed. Its royal family murdered. At least, that’s what Sylvia wants people to believe.

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New Editions

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  Where No Shadow Stays First published 2024 · New edition March 31, 2026 View on Amazon: Where No Shadow Stays

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