by Somaiya Daud
To Veronica Roth and Courtney Summers I owe a special debt of gratitude. The best N7s a friend could ever ask for, and who bore me through post-drafting and read Mirage hot off the presses. To Sarah Enni, who’s been there from the start: your friendship and support has meant so much. To Tahereh Mafi, whose sage advice has guided me through many a career hurdle. To the Hags: Kody Keplinger, Laurie Devore, Samantha Mabry, Stephanie Kuehn, Stephanie Sinkhorn, Alexis Bass, Debra Driza, Kaitlin Ward, Kara Thomas, Kate Hart, Kristin Halbrook, Lindsey Culli, Amy Lukavics, Maurene Goo, and Michelle Krys, thank you seems like not enough.
And last, but certainly not least, to my dissertation committee: Jesse Oak Taylor, Charles LaPorte, and Juliet Shields. I am eternally indebted to you for your support as I went through exams and drafting, then revising, a novel, and for the intellectual challenges that enriched this book. To Jesse in particular: thank you for saying it’s okay to press pause on one thing so that I might pursue another.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Somaiya Daud is a PhD candidate at the University of Washington. A former bookseller in the children’s department at Politics and Prose in Washington, DC, Somaiya is passionate about Arabic poetry, the stars, and the Gothic novel. Mirage is her debut novel. You can sign up for email updates here.
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CONTENTS
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Dedication
Map
Prologue
cadiz, a moon of andala
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
the ziyaana, andala
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
atalasia, andala
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
the ziyaana, andala
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
the ouzdad estate
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
the ziyaana, andala
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
galene’s estate, andala
Chapter 26
the ziyaana, andala
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
al hoceima, andala
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
the ziyaana, andala
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Copyright
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
MIRAGE. Copyright © 2018 by Sumayyah Daud and Alloy Entertainment. All rights reserved. For information, address Flatiron Books, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
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Endpapers, map, and illustrations by Rhys Davies
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First Edition: August 2018
First International Edition: August 2018
eISBN 9781250126443