The Kingdom Written in Sand and Time Part One

 

• ₹260.00
• by Ashfaq Ahmad  (Author)
• Book: The Kingdom Written in Sand and Time Part One
• Paperback: 274 pages
• Publisher: Gradias Publishing House
• Language: English
• ISBN-13: 978-81-996162-9-5
• Product Dimensions: 22 x 14 x 3 cm

The Kingdom Written in Sand and Time—

When Myth Breathes, And Destiny Walks Beside You

Fantasy… the very word conjures images of impossible landscapes, winged creatures, ancient prophecies, and wars fought with shadows and light. For centuries, the genre has belonged to Western imagination— castles, elves, dwarves, dragons. But the East has its own mystical heritage, older and deeper than most surviving mythologies. Arabian sands have carried stories of Ifrits and Peris long before modern fantasy was even named.
The Kingdom Written in Sand and Time rises from that same timeless soil, blending the soul of Arabian folklore with the pulse of modern-day realism. Yet it is not simply a retelling of age-old jinn tales. It is an epic saga of deserts and destinies, of cursed kingdoms and collapsing loyalties, of a prophecy that binds a human and a jinn girl in ways neither of them ever imagined.
This is not only a story— it is a world.
A universe where the unseen breathes beside the seen, where ancient empires do not rest in peace, and where love becomes both a weapon and a wound.

The World: Where History and Myth Overlap

At the heart of The Kingdom Written in Sand and Time lies an ambitious world-building canvas— four great dominions of the jinn, each shaped around real-world geographies:

• Aramin, buried deep within the Omani deserts
• Rakh’aan, stretching between Iraq and Syria
• Qazaar, rooted in the cold deserts of Turkmenistan
• Panjshir, hidden beneath the same Afghan valley humans know—yet unknown in every other way

Each of these realms stands on centuries of political grudges, betrayals, and unfinished battles. This is not a fantasy where kingdoms merely exist to fill a map. These lands breathe with memory— they carry the scars of an empire that once united them all under one extraordinary ruler: Hikmatyar Ghazavi, the invincible jinn who built the forgotten empire of Al’Tuniya.
But the empire fell. The unity shattered. And what remains is a world balanced on suspicion, manipulation, and centuries-old wounds waiting for the right spark.
That spark comes in the shape of a mistake. A mission gone wrong. A kidnapping that shakes two sultanates simultaneously. And a war that begins not on the battlefield—but in the shadows.

The Human Thread: Rayyaan Afridi

To the human world, Rayyaan is an heir—nothing more, nothing less. To the jinn world, he is an anomaly. A question they are forced to answer. A thread they cannot cut because destiny has tied it too tightly into their own tapestry. He is pulled into a world he does not belong to, and yet— somehow— belongs to more deeply than he understands.
Because Rayyaan carries a bloodline connected to an ancient sin. A pact his ancestors made with Hikmatyar Ghazavi. A pact that sowed the seed of a curse now blooming again through generations. And Rayyaan must walk through deserts, cursed orchards, collapsing tunnels, mystic hideouts, and aerial battles to understand why destiny has chosen him.

The Jinn Thread: Ghazal— Chosen By Prophecy

Ghazal is not merely a character; she is the pulse of The Kingdom Written in Sand and Time. A jinn girl raised between worlds— human and jinn— she holds the rare strength to navigate both. She is born under a prophecy that foretells:
“A human will be the key— And she will be the bridge.”
But every prophecy demands sacrifice. Ghazal’s journey is not only outward— through forests, mountains, jinn cities and cursed passages— it is inward, through the pain of destiny. She must accept that her life will never be truly hers.
Her love is her duty.
Her duty is her burden.
And the cost of fulfilling this prophecy may be everything she holds dear.

The Tyrant Who Cannot Die — Shah Alam

Every great fantasy saga needs a villain who is more than a villain— a force of nature. Shah Alam is exactly that. Gifted with invincibility by the mysterious hermit Baba Abdali, Shah Alam rules Panjshir with a blood-soaked hand. His immortality has poisoned an entire generation— every uprising crushed, every rebellion burnt to ash, every dream of freedom suffocated long before birth.
He is the darkness prophecy speaks of. The storm Rayyaan must stand against.
The end that Ghazal must risk everything to bring about. But Shah Alam is not evil for the sake of evil. He is layered. Broken. Shaped by betrayals he once survived—and betrayals he himself committed to ensure he would never be vulnerable again.
The prophecy does not merely talk of killing him— it talks of unmaking what he has become.

Ancestral Feuds: The Human Curse That Poisoned the Present

The story takes a shocking and deeply emotional turn when the history of four human tribes— once ordinary villagers of Swat and Chitral— collides with jinn history.

• A stolen treasure.
• A favor owed.
• A kingdom saved by humans.
• And a curse placed upon four families, forever binding them to conflict.

This ancestral feud becomes the root of a generational bloodbath where sisters are abducted, brothers killed, and revenge becomes tradition.
Rayyaan belongs to this very bloodline.
Which means… He is not an outsider in the jinn world.
He is the trigger the prophecy has been waiting for.

A Story of Two Journeys: Outward & Inward

On the surface, Night’s Covenant is a breathtaking adventure— flying steeds racing across deserts, hermits levitating in caves, cursed orchards that shift locations, armies gathering at the edge of war, centuries-old tunnels hidden beneath tribal homes, immortal rulers ready to burn worlds for power. But buried beneath this spectacle is a second, quieter story— a story of two young souls learning what destiny demands of them.
Rayyaan learns what it means to carry guilt, bloodline, heritage, and impossible expectations— and still choose courage. Ghazal learns what it means to love deeply— yet surrender that love to something larger than herself.
Both discover that destiny is never gentle, and prophecy is never romantic.

Why The Kingdom Written in Sand and Time Stands Apart

This is not Western fantasy. Not Indian fantasy. Not pure Arabian fantasy. This is a blend of old-world Arabian mystique and modern geopolitical realism, stitched with emotional intimacy and philosophical depth. It appeals to global readers because— It has the grit of dark fantasy.

• The elegance of Arabian folklore
• The intimacy of a love story
• The scale of an epic saga
• The politics of a historical thriller
• The spirituality of mythic fiction

It’s a bridge between cultures, times, and worlds.
A rare combination in contemporary fantasy.

Beyond Fantasy— Themes That Define the Story

1. Destiny vs. Free Will
Can love survive when destiny demands sacrifice?
Can a prophecy shape the future—or does love rewrite it?
2. Power & Corruption
What does immortality do to a man?
What does power do to a kingdom?
3. Race, Identity, and Coexistence
What happens when two worlds— human and jinn— fear each other, yet desperately need each other?
4. Generational Consequences
How do sins of ancestors burn the lives of descendants?
5. Love as Burden, Not Gift
Rayyaan and Ghazal’s bond is powerful— but drenched in pain and duty far greater than themselves.

The End of Part One: A Beginning in Disguise

Part One ends not on a note of finality— but on a breathtaking escalation. The prophecy is no longer a whisper. Shah Alam no longer an unseen shadow. The kingdoms are on the brink of war. The cursed orchard has spoken.The hermits have opened forgotten doors. And Rayyaan’s role is no longer a question…
but an inevitable truth. Part Two will open not as a continuation— but as an explosion.

Conclusion: When Stories Become Universes

The Kingdom Written in Sand and Time is more than an epic fantasy—it is the beginning of a saga shaped across deserts, bloodlines, myth, and destiny. It is a tribute to Arabian storytelling traditions and a powerful expansion of the fantasy genre into terrains rarely explored with such depth.
This is a world that invites you to wander— to question— to lose yourself— and to find yourself again. In the end, The Kingdom Written in Sand and Time Part One is not a story about jinns and humans.
It is a story about: choices, responsibilities, inherited wounds, and the price of being chosen by fate.
And somewhere in the gold-lit deserts of this tale, you may just discover a piece of your own humanity.

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