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Aminah Mae Safi
Travelers Along the Way: A Robin Hood Remix
Jerusalem, 1192, and the Third Crusade is still being fought. Rahma al-Hud followed her older sister Zeena to the war, but with Richard the Lionheart's reinforcements now backing the Faranji invaders, she only wants to get them both home alive.
Zeena, a soldier of honor, will not walk away while Jerusalem could fall into the hands of the false Queen Isabella. Rahma agrees to one last mission beside her.
On the road to Jerusalem the sisters pick up a mismatched group of fellow travelers. There is a kind-hearted Mongolian warrior, an eccentric Andalusian scientist, and a spy with a tie to Rahma's childhood who irritates her with his good looks. An English chaplain, stranded behind enemy lines, completes the group. The teens find purpose and friendship together, along with plenty of mischief.
This is a female-led Robin Hood remix told from a Muslim perspective, part of the Remixed Classics series. The tone is humorous and clever, with a heist-like streak of thievery.
Their path leads them toward Queen Isabella herself. Her plan to retake power in Jerusalem would bring years more war to the Holy Land, and only the band's cunning and wit can stop her.