The Secret of Ka

by Pike, Christopher

• ISBN13: 9780547577296
• ISBN10: 054757729X
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-11-15
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Summary

Sara Sashee Wilcox is a blonde-haired, blue-eyed babe bored in Istanbul. Amesh Demir is a cute Turkish guy who shows up at Sara's hotel with a package for her dad. He only has one hand, which Sara finds intriguing; she jumps at the chance to meet him. But she does it Sara-style. She grabs the package, so he can't complete his delivery, forcing him to follow her up to her hotel room. There they make a deal: Sara will pay for Amesh's ride back to the job site where both he and her father work, but he has to take her with him. It's at this immense hydroelectric construction site that Sara stumbles upon a flying carpet and once again barters for Amesh's help. They smuggle the carpet back to the hotel, do a little research, and come nightfall, fly out over the sea and away from Istanbul. Eventually, they land on a mysterious island where Sara discovers she can talk to the carpet--which reveals itself as the Carpet of Ka. Sara has royal Kala blood. Djinngeniesare swarming the island. Djinn are dangerous. Amesh overhears Sara speaking with the carpet and becomes angry and suspicious that something is going on behind his back. But more than that, he's desperateto make a wish. This time it's his turn to force Sara into doing something she doesn't want to do. They fly into a djinn temple as Amesh promises Sara-- swearsto Allah--that he'll make just one wish. If he makes more, he could be a slave of the djinn forever. With his recent spots on the New York Timesbestseller list, Christopher Pike is gaining new fans quickly, as well as firing up his old fans. Both new and old will be excited to see that this master of plot twists is back with his first original fiction since 2006, an incredible fantasy that's part page turner and part love story.