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>Hafsah Faizal is an American Muslim and brand designer. She’s the founder of IceyDesigns, where she creates websites for authors and beauteous goodies for everyone else. When she’s not writing, she can be found dreaming up her next design, deciding betweenAssassin’s CreedandSkyrim, or traversing the world. Born in Florida and raised in California, she now resides in Texas with her family and a library of books waiting to be devoured. WE HUNT THE FLAME is her first novel.

>Hafsah Faizal’s debut novel is the first in herSands of Arawiyaseries, which is set in a world inspired by ancient Arabia. It follows a woman named Zafira, a hunter who disguises herself as a man to find food for her family in a cursed forest, and Nasir, an assassin. Neither are happy with their lives, and as Zafira embarks on a quest to locate a lost artifact to save the world from the forest, she finds herself clashing with Nasir, who’s been sent to find the same relic.Kirkus Reviewssays that it’s an“appealing spin on traditional fantasy elements