In this breathtaking new novel by the acclaimed author of Origin and Vitro, Sarah and the others must not only outrun the virus, but its creators, who will stop at nothing to wipe every trace of it. After a narrow escape, they uncover the chilling truth behind the lion’s silver sheen: a highly contagious and deadly virus that threatens to ravage the entire area-and eliminate life as they know it. A silver lion, as though made of mercury, makes a vicious, unprovoked attack on the group. Battling dehydration, starvation and the pangs of first love, she does her best to hold it together, even as their circumstances grow increasingly desperate.īut soon a terrifying encounter makes Sarah question everything she’s ever known about the natural world. It’s up to Sarah, the daughter of zoologists, to keep them alive and lead them to safety, calling on survival know-how from years of growing up in remote and exotic locales. When an educational safari goes wrong, five teens find themselves stranded in the Kalahari Desert without a guide. Full Book Name:The Forbidden Wish (The Forbidden Wish, 1) Author Name:Jessica Khoury Book Genre:Fantasy, Magic, Retellings, Romance, Young Adult ISBN 9780698151062 Date of Publication: PDF / EPUB File Name:TheForbiddenWish-JessicaKhoury.pdf, TheForbiddenWish-JessicaKhoury.epub PDF File Size: 1. Great read and highly recommended.Deep in the Kalahari Desert, a Corpus lab protects a dangerous secret…īut what happens when that secret takes on a life of its own?

It forges a new path filled with romance and intrigue that helps it stand out from popular animated retelling and Arabian classics, without losing the magic that draws us to this tale again and again. Since it’s a retelling, Khoury puts her own spin on the classic tale, filling it with strong female characters.

Maas, author of the New York Times bestselling Throne of Glass series This is Aladdin like youve never imagined.-Ren e Ahdieh, author of The Wrath and the Dawn She is the most powerful Jinni of all. a rare, glittering jewel of a novel.-Sarah J.

The writing is lush and superb, and Khoury does an excellent job of drawing the reader in to her world of magic. The Forbidden Wish a book by Jessica Khoury Lush, romantic, and exquisitely written. I absolutely loved The Forbidden Wish by Jessica Khoury.

Then when the King of the Jinn, the very person who imprisoned her, offers her another chance of freedom, Zahra must once again choose between freedom and love. But things have changed since then, now her very presence as a jinni is illegal and if her shape-shifting magic is discovered by the wrong people it could lead to some very dire consequences. Zahra is the jinni of the lamp, imprisoned for five hundred years after being forced to betray the one she loved. When Aladdin discovers Zahras jinni lamp, Zahra is thrust back into a world she hasnt seen in hundreds of years - a world where magic is forbidden and. The Forbidden Wish by acclaimed author Jessica Khoury, is a gorgeously written retelling of the Aladdin tale.

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