The Ashfire King

A merchant and a prince trapped in the crumbling realm of jinn must figure out how to save one world to return to their own in the second book in the Sandsea Trilogy.

★ "Once again Abdullah deftly conjures magic." ―Library Journal (starred review)

Neither here nor there, but long ago...

After fleeing a patricidal prince, legendary merchant Loulie al-Nazari and banished prince Mazen bin Malik find themselves in the realm of jinn. But instead of sanctuary, they find a world on the cusp of collapse.

The jinn cities, long sheltered beneath the Sandsea by the magic of its kings, are sinking. Amid the turmoil, political alliances are forming, and rebellion is on the rise. When Loulie assists a dissenter--one of her bodyguard's old comrades--she puts herself in the center of a centuries-old war.

Trapped in a world that isn't her own and wielding magic that belongs to a fallen king, Loulie must decide: Will she carry on someone else's legacy or carve out her own?

The Sandsea Trilogy
The Stardust Thief
The Ashfire King

Author: Chelsea Abdullah
Publisher: Orbit
Published: 02/17/2026
Pages: 544
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.29lbs
Size: 9.13h x 6.04w x 1.41d
ISBN13: 9780316369169
ISBN10: 0316369160
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Fantasy | Dragons & Mythical Creatures
- Fiction | Fantasy | Historical

About the Author
Chelsea Abdullah is an American-Kuwaiti writer born and raised in Kuwait, where she grew up listening to stories about mysterious desert creatures and wily (only sometimes likable) heroes.

Consumed by wanderlust, she has put down roots in various states. After earning her MA in English at Duquesne University, she moved to New York, where she currently lives. When not immersed in her own fictional worlds, she spends her free time playing video games, doodling characters, and hoarding books she doesn't have the shelf space for.