Barzakh: The Land In-Between

“These dunes of immaculate white sand, bathed in light, would be infinitely true and beautiful if it weren’t for the pollution of human beings… How did this universe, which has witnessed the birth of so many creatures, lose everything to preserve only these few men and their animals?” Barzakh: The Land In-Between is a speculative literary novel set across centuries in the Sahara, following Gara, a young man sold into a salt caravan, and Vala, the enslaved woman he loves. He is trafficked al...