M0M0KA

Dive back in time, to the depths of the desert, and watch the old stories unfold before your eyes. A story of treasure hunting, betrayal, and destiny. 

When a gruesome future is all you see, how can you change it? 

When you're foretold to fail, how should you move on?

Zarqa, the girl who saw beyond time, sought to find answers.

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Legend says that Zarqa had sharp eyes that could look far away in the distance. But what if that wasn’t the end of it, what if her eyes were seeing far beyond not only space, but time? What if Zarqa was blessed with a prophecy, one that could save her dying village from destruction? 

Just as they thought they had no way to survive, Zarqa learns of a way to protect her village from demolition. Naturally, no one believed her, for no one but the Almighty could see beyond the present. 

They forgot the Almighty offers knowledge to those whom he deems of worth. And Zarqa was one of them. Having to trudge an arduous path and go through a great adventure, Zarqa seeks to find the solution to all of their problems, a treasure said to have the power to change all. 

Pitted against magical traps and the mysteries of the deserts, she finds unexpected company in Ali Baba, the poor kid with the sticky fingers, and his crow Morjana...
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This is my first original long story here and is also a WSA 2024 Entry.
I ask that you give it a try and hope you enjoy it :D

Also, note that English is not my first language... And it's not my second either.

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This book has many openings, check them out:

[General opening of the book:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVxnu5R3vws]


[Baghdad Arc's opening: https://youtu.be/GwJIJ2Kn0FI]


[Two Heavens Arc's opening: https://youtu.be/NO1C0ngBVjg]


[Ending: https://youtu.be/1wQ_aJVFhx0]

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Updated weekly, 2 chapters on weekends.

Please don't let the first paragraphs fool you. This isn't a story from the first person's POV.

ZARQA

It was very dark, only the faintest sliver of moonlight filtered through the small windows, as though afraid to enter that place.

Zarqa was led to some kind of a large room which she had mistaken for an empty storage cellar for carpets and clothes, until the light from Marwa's oil lamp fell upon one of the lumps by her feet.

" The men sleep in another building from here," Marwa said as she gave the lamp to Zarqa and gestured for her to follow. " The women sleep all together here in the cellar."

There were a couple of chests in the corner from which Marwa had produced some dusty duvets. " They should work," she mused giving them a flick to dust them and get any bugs that might have crept inside out.

Can't Sleep