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    "title": "A Desert Torn Asunder",
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    "collection_title": "Song of the Shattered Sands",
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    "description": "The plans of the desert gods are coming to fruition. Meryam, the deposed queen of Qaimir, hopes to raise the buried elder god, Ashael, an event that would bring ruin to the desert.\n\n\u00c7eda and Emre sail for their ancestral home to bring the traitor, Hamid, to justice. To their horror, they discover that the desert tribes have united under Hamid\u2019s banner. Their plan? A holy crusade to annihilate Sharakhai, a thing long sought by many in the tribes. In Sharakhai, meanwhile, the blood mage, Davud, examines the strange gateway between worlds, hoping to find a way to close it. And King Ihsan hunts for Meryam, but always finds himself two steps behind.\n\nAnd when Meryam raises Ashael, all know the end is near. Ashael means to journey to the land that was denied to him an age ago, no matter the cost to the desert. It now falls to \u00c7eda and her unlikely assortment of allies to find a way to unite not only the desert tribes and the people of Sharakhai, but the city\u2019s invaders as well. Even if they do, stopping Ashael will cost them dearly, perhaps more than all are willing to pay.",
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