--- product_id: 420333065 title: "Twelve Kings in Sharakhai: The Song of the Shattered Sands, Book 1" price: "$1.79" currency: USD in_stock: true reviews_count: 8 url: https://www.desertcart.us/products/420333065-twelve-kings-in-sharakhai-the-song-of-the-shattered-sands store_origin: US region: United States of America --- # Twelve Kings in Sharakhai: The Song of the Shattered Sands, Book 1 **Price:** $1.79 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Twelve Kings in Sharakhai: The Song of the Shattered Sands, Book 1 - **How much does it cost?** $1.79 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.us](https://www.desertcart.us/products/420333065-twelve-kings-in-sharakhai-the-song-of-the-shattered-sands) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description desertcart.com: Twelve Kings in Sharakhai: The Song of the Shattered Sands, Book 1 (Audible Audio Edition): Bradley P. Beaulieu, Sarah Coomes, Brilliance Audio: Books Review: Wonderful story, wonderfully narrated! - Having listened to the audiobook put me at an instant advantage, because I never needed to find out how to pronounce Çeda. I would have stumbled over the name like an idiot every time I saw it in print. (It’s pronounced Chay-da, for those interested.) Çeda is an awesome character and I really liked hearing her story. She is a woman living in the slums of Sharakhai, the great desert city, making her way day to day by fighting anonymously in the fighting pits, and running errands (of the sensitive and probably not legal kind) and delivering packages (of the almost definitely not legal kind) for the pit master. One night, a holy night, she is running one such errand and sees the Kings of Sharakhai. The very kings she’s sworn vengeance against since they executed her mother when she was young. This leads her on a journey of self-discovery, full of riddles about her past, her parentage, and the Kings themselves. The book starts out with a scene in the pits with Çeda just laying the smackdown on her opponent, a man probably twice her size, which then segues nicely into a love scene that was unexpected but well written and not out of place at all. This scene was a really fantastic attention grabber for me, because not only do I enjoy the occasional well written sex scene, but I really enjoy a female lead who is believable in her actions and motivations, and I thought that this was a good example of that. Çeda is the type that (usually) does what she wants and apologizes for it later. I can relate to her in this way, and so it was very easy for me to root for her and hope she succeeded in her endeavors. The world of this book, the desert, the slums, and the overall city of Sharakhai was so rich and well built that I could imagine it really well, and that is always awesome. There’s so much intrigue in this world. The story is full of mysteries to be solved and that is entirely well executed, between flashbacks and present day, Çeda uses a book that her mother left her and some help from her friends to unravel the truth of her past and the truth about the Kings. Her journey takes her right into the heart of her worst enemies, and Çeda, being the resourceful gutter wren that she is, thwarts their efforts to ruin her day (also, kill her). Parts of the book made me legitimately emotional, as I wondered what would happen to Çeda or to Emre, or to both of them. I really, really liked Emre as a character as well, and I wanted the whole world for him. The relationship between them felt like best friends at times and so much more at other times, and the way it was written really had me hoping for the happiest of endings for both of them, whether together or not, best friends or more. It’s things like these that keep me reading books into the wee hours. Listening to, in this case, but it was still one of *those* books. The ones that make dust just get in my eyes because it can’t possibly be emotions because I don’t get misty about books (except that I do. I totally do). The narrator, Sarah Coomes, did a fantastic job, and 25 hours felt like it just flew right by. I’m really, really picky about female narrators, as I’ve found out more recently with some experimentation, but this one really nailed this presentation. There are some accents here that I would think are legitimately difficult to pull off, but she managed, at least she totally managed in my eyes (or ears? lolololokay okay, I’ll stop :P) I will definitely listen to more of this series narrated by her! This was a fantastic book, and I can’t wait to listen to some more of this trilogy! Review: A fine craft, with thorough storytelling, with an impressive character who sometimes has too much to do. - Writing a full review will take a bit more time than I have at present. But I will express my thoughts as neatly and cogently as possible. The beginning establishes characters, and does it very quickly. There is a somewhat gratuitous sex scene very early on, but it aims itself at painting a more full protagonist. We'll come back to that. We get a wide cast of supporting characters in a very bright, interesting world. We start predominantly in one point of view, but then we expand into others, as well as through a 'flashback' point of view that enlightens us on current events as we go along. It's an entertaining read, and the characters become quite a colorful addition to the canvas. The setting can stand the weight of the narrative, and it keeps things suspenseful. Things are typically moving, though there is a slightly lull with the beginning, but I think that'll depend on the reader. And, we'll go into that now. The thing we wanted to come back to was having a full protagonist, and by George do we! Ceda is a hard-working, hard-fighting, hard-loving young lady with everything to prove and hell to pay. We get a lot of her character going in... and in some ways perhaps a bit too much. What do I mean? Obviously you can't have TOO much of a great character, right? Well, yeah. Though, what I will say is, sometimes the story takes too much time to show us all the things she's amazing at, instead of her being great in-and-of herself. We are launched into a plethora of her skills, and all the mixed up shenanigans she has gotten into over the years. How she interacts with people, how she feels for and treats them. A number of these are great, but some of them rattle off forever. She fights, she persuades, she deceives, she sneaks, she knows secrets, she has a vast social network to draw upon, she's crafty, and so many other things. These end up being believable, but it's hard to take in at some points, especially when some are just blatantly thrown at you with no justification. Almost as if you are wondering how these missing puzzle pieces will fit together, only to have the story drop a dozen extra pieces onto the board. Though, if you can get through all of that, you have a very entertaining read. With solid characters. And conflicts that don't appear to simply resolve themselves, but grow as the characters themselves do. ## Images ![Twelve Kings in Sharakhai: The Song of the Shattered Sands, Book 1 - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91KzG7Loq4L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Wonderful story, wonderfully narrated! *by S***R on July 28, 2017* Having listened to the audiobook put me at an instant advantage, because I never needed to find out how to pronounce Çeda. I would have stumbled over the name like an idiot every time I saw it in print. (It’s pronounced Chay-da, for those interested.) Çeda is an awesome character and I really liked hearing her story. She is a woman living in the slums of Sharakhai, the great desert city, making her way day to day by fighting anonymously in the fighting pits, and running errands (of the sensitive and probably not legal kind) and delivering packages (of the almost definitely not legal kind) for the pit master. One night, a holy night, she is running one such errand and sees the Kings of Sharakhai. The very kings she’s sworn vengeance against since they executed her mother when she was young. This leads her on a journey of self-discovery, full of riddles about her past, her parentage, and the Kings themselves. The book starts out with a scene in the pits with Çeda just laying the smackdown on her opponent, a man probably twice her size, which then segues nicely into a love scene that was unexpected but well written and not out of place at all. This scene was a really fantastic attention grabber for me, because not only do I enjoy the occasional well written sex scene, but I really enjoy a female lead who is believable in her actions and motivations, and I thought that this was a good example of that. Çeda is the type that (usually) does what she wants and apologizes for it later. I can relate to her in this way, and so it was very easy for me to root for her and hope she succeeded in her endeavors. The world of this book, the desert, the slums, and the overall city of Sharakhai was so rich and well built that I could imagine it really well, and that is always awesome. There’s so much intrigue in this world. The story is full of mysteries to be solved and that is entirely well executed, between flashbacks and present day, Çeda uses a book that her mother left her and some help from her friends to unravel the truth of her past and the truth about the Kings. Her journey takes her right into the heart of her worst enemies, and Çeda, being the resourceful gutter wren that she is, thwarts their efforts to ruin her day (also, kill her). Parts of the book made me legitimately emotional, as I wondered what would happen to Çeda or to Emre, or to both of them. I really, really liked Emre as a character as well, and I wanted the whole world for him. The relationship between them felt like best friends at times and so much more at other times, and the way it was written really had me hoping for the happiest of endings for both of them, whether together or not, best friends or more. It’s things like these that keep me reading books into the wee hours. Listening to, in this case, but it was still one of *those* books. The ones that make dust just get in my eyes because it can’t possibly be emotions because I don’t get misty about books (except that I do. I totally do). The narrator, Sarah Coomes, did a fantastic job, and 25 hours felt like it just flew right by. I’m really, really picky about female narrators, as I’ve found out more recently with some experimentation, but this one really nailed this presentation. There are some accents here that I would think are legitimately difficult to pull off, but she managed, at least she totally managed in my eyes (or ears? lolololokay okay, I’ll stop :P) I will definitely listen to more of this series narrated by her! This was a fantastic book, and I can’t wait to listen to some more of this trilogy! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ A fine craft, with thorough storytelling, with an impressive character who sometimes has too much to do. *by D***I on October 18, 2017* Writing a full review will take a bit more time than I have at present. But I will express my thoughts as neatly and cogently as possible. The beginning establishes characters, and does it very quickly. There is a somewhat gratuitous sex scene very early on, but it aims itself at painting a more full protagonist. We'll come back to that. We get a wide cast of supporting characters in a very bright, interesting world. We start predominantly in one point of view, but then we expand into others, as well as through a 'flashback' point of view that enlightens us on current events as we go along. It's an entertaining read, and the characters become quite a colorful addition to the canvas. The setting can stand the weight of the narrative, and it keeps things suspenseful. Things are typically moving, though there is a slightly lull with the beginning, but I think that'll depend on the reader. And, we'll go into that now. The thing we wanted to come back to was having a full protagonist, and by George do we! Ceda is a hard-working, hard-fighting, hard-loving young lady with everything to prove and hell to pay. We get a lot of her character going in... and in some ways perhaps a bit too much. What do I mean? Obviously you can't have TOO much of a great character, right? Well, yeah. Though, what I will say is, sometimes the story takes too much time to show us all the things she's amazing at, instead of her being great in-and-of herself. We are launched into a plethora of her skills, and all the mixed up shenanigans she has gotten into over the years. How she interacts with people, how she feels for and treats them. A number of these are great, but some of them rattle off forever. She fights, she persuades, she deceives, she sneaks, she knows secrets, she has a vast social network to draw upon, she's crafty, and so many other things. These end up being believable, but it's hard to take in at some points, especially when some are just blatantly thrown at you with no justification. Almost as if you are wondering how these missing puzzle pieces will fit together, only to have the story drop a dozen extra pieces onto the board. Though, if you can get through all of that, you have a very entertaining read. With solid characters. And conflicts that don't appear to simply resolve themselves, but grow as the characters themselves do. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A story that transports the reader *by W***L on February 19, 2017* A nearly error-free, well crafted story. The protagonist is likable, dynamic, and her adventures are a layered mix of action, mystery, drama, a hint of romance, and secret magic. She navigates a variety of complex relationships that make the story more believable and engrossing. While there are many characters to track, some with similarly complex or unusual names, the key players are defined and more than two-dimensional as they each have their hidden motives. My only complaint would be that the large cast of characters should be accompanied by an index to which the reader could easily refer as needed. There are numerous points-of-view shifts with different timelines and characters, but these are cleanly indicated at chapter breaks. The POV shifts are purposeful and help the reader gain understanding and collect clues. The foreshadowing builds terrific suspense in spite of allowing the reader to predict outcomes. There are plot twists, though, that draw the reader further into the story. The world is rendered through excellent cultural details: scents, flavors, colors, and names. The landscape is familiar but tweaked with unique qualities to make it fantastical. I stayed up way too late to keep reading this book, a sure sign that it is engaging and of high quality. The length of the book is satisfying, and the ending of this book is at an acceptable and appropriate point. I will definitely read the next book in the series. I highly recommend this book to adult readers who enjoy epic fantasy and who have patience to savor a long story that unfolds bit by bit, page after page. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.us/products/420333065-twelve-kings-in-sharakhai-the-song-of-the-shattered-sands](https://www.desertcart.us/products/420333065-twelve-kings-in-sharakhai-the-song-of-the-shattered-sands) --- *Product available on Desertcart United States of America* *Store origin: US* *Last updated: 2026-10-06*