title: Felaheen (Arabesk)
author:  Jon Courtenay Grimwood 
description: Grimwood's third Arabesk novel, like its predecessors, <I>Pashazade </I>and <I>Effendi</I>, skillfully blends a hard-boiled whodunit with SF and alternate history. In the Arabesk universe, where the Ottoman Empire still exists, twisted political intrigues and tensions serve as a challenging backdrop to the gritty investigations of Ashraf Bey, a genetically altered sleuth who may be related to the royal family. An attempt on the emir's life by means of a venomous snake forces Bey to probe his own parentage in order to identify the motives and the conspirators behind the attack. Bey's independent and spirited young niece, Hani, has a welcome expanded role as she tries to follow her uncle's trail. The plotting may be a tad convoluted for some, but Grimwood makes his imagined world feel real, while the ambiguity of the ending leaves room for more sequels. The author supplies Bey's backstory in a way that makes this reader-friendly for newcomers. <I>(Dec.)</I> <BR>Copyright &copy; Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
zlib_text: **FELAHEEN**
  
   **Arabesk Book 03**
  
   **Jon Courtenay Grimwood**
  
   **CONTENTS**
  
  _Title Page_
  
   **Dedication**
  
   _ **Epigraphs**_
  
  _Prologue_
  
  PART ONE
  
  CHAPTER 1
  
  CHAPTER 2
  
  CHAPTER 3
  
  CHAPTER 4
  
  CHAPTER 5
  
  CHAPTER 6
  
  CHAPTER 7
  
  CHAPTER 8
  
  CHAPTER 9
  
  CHAPTER 10
  
  CHAPTER 11
  
  CHAPTER 12
  
  CHAPTER 13
  
  CHAPTER 14
  
  CHAPTER 15
  
   **CHAPTER 16**
  
   **CHAPTER 17**
  
  CHAPTER 18
  
  CHAPTER 19
  
  CHAPTER 20
  
  CHAPTER 21
  
  CHAPTER 22
  
  CHAPTER 23
  
  CHAPTER 24
  
  CHAPTER 25
  
  CHAPTER 26
  
  CHAPTER 27
  
  CHAPTER 28
  
  CHAPTER 29
  
  CHAPTER 30
  
  CHAPTER 31
  
  PART TWO
  
  CHAPTER 32
  
  CHAPTER 33
  
  CHAPTER 34
  
  CHAPTER 35
  
  CHAPTER 36
  
  CHAPTER 37
  
  CHAPTER 38
  
  CHAPTER 39
  
  CHAPTER 40
  
  CHAPTER 41
  
  CHAPTER 42
  
  CHAPTER 43
  
   **CHAPTER 44**
  
   **CHAPTER 45**
  
  CHAPTER 46
  
  CHAPTER 47
  
  CHAPTER 48
  
  CHAPTER 49
  
  CHAPTER 50
  
  CHAPTER 51
  
  CHAPTER 52
  
  CHAPTER 53
  
  CHAPTER 54
  
   **Acknowledgements**
  
   _ **About the Author**_
  
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