From chudails and peris to jinn and goddesses, this lush collection of South Asian folklore, legends, and epics reimagines stories of old for a modern audience.

This fantasy and science fiction teen anthology edited by Samira Ahmed and Sona Charaipotra contains a wide range of stories from fourteen bestselling, award-winning, and emerging writers from the South Asian diaspora that will surprise, delight, and move you. So read on, for after all, magic has no borders.

A pair of star-crossed lovers search for a way back to one another against all odds . . .

A girl fights for her life against a malignant, generations-old evil . . .

A peri seeks to reclaim her lost powers . . .

A warrior rebels against her foretold destiny . . .

With stories by:

  • Sabaa Tahir, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Ember in the Ashes series, and winner of the National Book Award and Printz Award for All My Rage
  • Sayantani DasGupta, New York Times bestselling author of the Kiranmala and the Kingdom Beyond series
  • Preeti Chhibber, author of Spider-Man’s Social Dilemma
  • Sona Charaipotra, author of Symptoms of a Heartbreak and How Maya Got Fierce, and coauthor of The Rumor Game and Tiny Pretty Things, now a Netflix original series.
  • Tanaz Bhathena, award-winning author of Hunted by the Sky and Of Light and Shadow
  • Sangu Mandanna, bestselling author of The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches and the Celestial Trilogy
  • Olivia Chadha, author of Rise of the Red Hand
  • Nafiza Azad, author of William C. Morris Award nominee, The Candle and the Flame
  • Tracey Baptiste, New York Times bestselling author of The Jumbies series and Minecraft: The Crash
  • Naz Kutub, author of The Loophole
  • Nikita Gill, bestselling author of Wild Embers and Fierce Fairytales
  • Swati Teerdhala, author of the Tiger at Midnight trilogy
  • Shreya Ila Anasuya, New Voices selection
  • Tahir Abrar, New Voices selection
  • ISBN10 0063208261
  • ISBN13 9780063208261
  • Publish Date 6 July 2023 (first published 23 May 2023)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc
  • Imprint HarperTeen
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 352
  • Language English