Zulekhá A. Afzal grew up in Cornwall, where the dramatic coastline inspired stories of other worlds and magic. She now lives in Bath where she studied English Literature with Creative Writing and completed the MA in Writing for Young People at Bath Spa University. When she isn’t writing fantasy fiction or working as an assistant editor, you can find Zulekhá in a ballet class. Dancers of the Dawn is her first novel, and she is currently working on the second book in the series.
<p>Dancer… you should call me by my true name. I am a warrior. Aasira can remember little of her life before the Sanctuary, a school for dancers deep in the desert. Selected for her ability to harness magic through dance, she is one of the Sanctuary’s elite students. Not only a dancer but the queen's most powerful weapon: forced to use her powers to execute enemies of the crown. But when memories of the past begin to flood back, Aasira questions who she was before she came to the Sanctuary and whether she was truly born to kill.</p><div><br></div>
