Review:
I recently read Arabian Heist by the Lindsay Brothers. A fascinating tale about the land of one thousand one stories, Arabia. I was absolutely captivated by this book. Full of Comedy, tragedy, and love, there is something for every emotional spectrum. During the Second Act, you may even ask yourself if they stole the whole thing from Mel Brooks or William Goldman.
Unfortunately, I do have some Critic complaints. Just a minor one really. Editing! Within the first chapter no less, greeting me was a quote that had no end. I eventually figured out what the authors meant. But the last thing any reader wants, is to figure out a puzzle caused by the lack of editing. It wasn’t the first and by the end, I had found a few more. At one point multiple characters were speaking and it was a poorly chosen time to drop the speech tags. I got completely lost for a moment trying to figure out which character said what.
All in all, I still give it a 4 out of 5. The story was well crafted. Despite the grammatical errors, I was able to enjoy the story. The characters jump out of the page and completely enthrall the reader. Check it out for yourself
Synopsis from Amazon:
Some knights pledge their whole lives to sacred duty. Sir Champaign can’t even fake his way through the first crusade. Exiled by his fellow Crusaders and left to rot at the bottom of a desert pit, he has the rest of his wretched Arabian nights to repent of the heist he didn’t commit—as well as the heists he did. He has but one desperate plan to reverse his fortune. All he needs now is a crew.
Ali Baba had forty thieves. Champaign needs only nine. A ragtag band of experts from all corners of the Arabian underworld—sword swallowers and snake charmers, magic carpet surfers and magic lamp vendors, necromancers and belly dancers. He’d even put a genie on the team, if they’d let him. But nobody’s that crazy.
Then again, their target is the one treasure Ali Baba himself wouldn’t dare touch. It’s guarded by a nightmare more terrifying than any dreamt in 1001 Arabian nights: an immortal sand beast known as the Decalogue Dragon. It lives on the desert’s rooftop, in a nest made for dragon wings, in a lair scarred by dragon claws and laced with poisonous dragon blood. But there’s more than just a dragon hoard in that desert cave. And with the help of a fellow knight-errant and the funding of a rogue Arabian prince, Champaign thinks he just might have the blueprint to stealing it.
Now every vulture in Arabia is circling, from mute assassins to greedy Knights Templar. He’ll have to be more clever than Aladdin, more cunning than Ali Baba, and more daring than Sinbad to pull off the heist of the century. Maybe give Scheherazade something to write about for the next 1001 Arabian Nights.
Only the dragon stands in his way. And it will take more than three wishes to steal the treasure, escape with his life, and clear his name.
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