The Balloon Thief (Chapterized) - Aneesa Marufu

Unknown, Aneesa Marufu

Category: Adventure

Tags: Adventure, Fantasy, Teen & Young Adult

13 hrs 56, ., For Khadija, the only escape from her fathers arranged betrothal is the sky. When she spots a rogue hot air balloon fighting against its ropes, she leaps at the chance for adventure., Khadija soon finds an unlikely ally in a poor glassmakers apprentice, Jacob. But Jacob is a hri, and Khadija a Ghadaean., The hri are oppressed and restlesstheir infamous terrorist group, the Hreef, have a new fearsome leader. And the ruling Ghadaeans are brutal in their repression. Soon, a deadly revolution threatens their friendship and their world. The Hreef use forbidden magic, summoning jinnwicked spirits made of fireto enact their revenge, forcing Jacob and Khadija to choose what kind of a world they want to save