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Halima's Gambit
Zainab Bello

Halima's Gambit

by Zainab Bello
4.596 ratings·Complete · 29,000 words·~2.2 hr read

In the salt courts of a kingdom built on secrets, a junior scribe with a forbidden gift plays the oldest game there is - and bets her life on one impossible move.

Political intrigue
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# Halima's Gambit In the salt courts of a kingdom built on secrets, a junior scribe with a forbidden gift plays the oldest game there is - and bets her life on one impossible move. [Placeholder body text for beta/demo only. This is not the complete novel.] Halima copies the king's decree with ordinary ink and hides the second message in the pressure of her pen. The court sees a junior scribe. The walls, which have better memories, know otherwise. [Placeholder body text for beta/demo only.] Salt merchants bow too deeply when they lie. Ministers smile too quickly when they are afraid. Halima records both habits in the ledger beneath tax totals no one important bothers to read.…

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