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    The Djinn Garden
    The Djinn Garden
    The Djinn Garden
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    The Djinn Garden

    By Stephen Goldin

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    In a world of Arabian Nights adventure, a band of heroes is on a quest to reunite the Crystal of Oromasd and save the world. One of their number, the beautiful young djinn named Cari, vanishes on a mysterious island in the Central Sea and the others must avoid being enslaved themselves and defeat a powerful invisible demon if they hope to rescue her.

    (This is a story from The Parsina Saga.)

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherParsina Press
    Release dateJun 6, 2009
    ISBN9781452402246
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      The Djinn Garden - Stephen Goldin

      THE DJINN GARDEN

      by Stephen Goldin

      Published by Parsina Press at Smashwords

      Copyright © 2002 by Stephen Goldin. All Rights Reserved.

      Cover image Copyright © Yusaku Takeda.

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      Thank you for downloading this ebook. This book remains the copyrighted property of the author, and may not be redistributed to others for commercial or non-commercial purposes. If you enjoyed this book, please encourage your friends to download their own copy from their favorite authorized retailer. Thank you for your support.

      THE DJINN GARDEN

      The tale is told of Jafar al-Sharif, master storyteller, who was forced to impersonate a wizard to save his life. When the curse of a true wizard, Akar, caused Jafar’s beautiful teenage daughter Selima to become intangible and to fade gradually from the world of the living, father and daughter traveled to the oasis of Sarafiq to seek the wisdom of the prophet Muhmad. They were assisted on this journey by Cari, a young female member of the Righteous Jann—lowest level of the ranks of the djinni—who is slave to the magical ring Jafar stole from the wizard Akar.

      At Sarafiq they met up with Prince Ahmad and Umar bin Ibrahim, the prince and high priest of the holy city of Ravan, exiled from their home by a treacherous plot to usurp Ahmad’s throne. The prophet Muhmad informed both groups that they had a common destiny—to unite the four lost pieces of the Crystal of Oromasd and defeat the insurgent forces of the dark god Rimahn. The prince and the priest believed Jafar was the wizard he pretended to be, and Jafar deemed it wise not to enlighten them.

      They found the first piece of the crystal in the underground kingdom of Punjar, where they made the acquaintance of Leila, involuntary wife to the king of that unhappy land. Leila, a stately blonde whose Norge mother had been a witch and gave her daughter the ability to distinguish truth from illusion, helped them escape the maze of Punjar’s tunnels in return for being allowed to accompany the travelers on their quest. Leila was instantly attracted to Jafar, whom she knew not to be a wizard, and became his lover—much to the unspoken annoyance of Cari the Jann.

      They acquired the second piece of the crystal from the King of the Winds and traveled toward the sunken city of Atluri where the third piece was hidden. Along the way they encountered Verethran, a small brown monkey who was, in reality, a prince under an enchantment, and El-Hadar, a sea captain whose ship, Hauvarta’s Shield, took them westward to the spot where Atluri sank beneath the waves many centuries ago.

      En route to Atluri, they stopped at the Isle of Illusions, where Jafar needed to retrieve a vital implement to allow him to live underwater in the sunken city. To save her master from the trap of a demonic predator, Cari had to impersonate his late wife, leading to an intimate episode that later embarrassed both of them. Jafar ordered her back to her home so he need not be confronted by his guilt at using a female slave so shamelessly.

      After retrieving the third piece of the crystal, Hauvarta’s Shield sailed eastward again, but encountered a ferocious storm which blew them into unknown parts with little fresh water left. Their best hope for continuing their journey was to find a source of more water—and to help them, Jafar needed to call once more on the services of Cari, slave to the ring he wore on his left hand.

      ***

      Jafar’s right hand crept over his left, caressing rather than rubbing the ring as he spoke the invocation he’d uttered so many times in the past: By the ring that bears thy name, O Cari, I command thee to appear before me.

      And as he waited, the familiar pinkish haze began to coalesce before him, bringing with it the pleasant aroma of ylang–ylang, and soon Cari appeared in the form that was most natural for her, a lovely young girl barely older than Jafar’s own daughter Selima. Her eyes were downcast, refusing to look directly at him, and she made a formal salaam as she said, I come at your command, O my master.

      Jafar said, Much has happened since you returned to your native land. I survived the ordeal of Atluri and recovered the third piece of the Crystal.

      My heart rejoices for you, O my master.

      "Our ship has also been blown off its course by a storm and we don’t know precisely where we are. We’re in need of fresh water, having just a day’s supply. We need you to fly eastward ahead of us and let us know where the nearest land is so

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