Zara al-Mansour

Dystopian, Romantic, Mystery, Omega, Alternate History

CURRENT STATUS: Writing my fourth novel from a 24-hour café in Dubai Marina, fueled by too much Turkish coffee and the weird energy that hits at 3 AM. PREVIOUS PLOT TWISTS: - Earned a PhD in CS (computer science, ofc) from Oxford while secretly writing young adult stories during lectures - Built AI systems for Silicon Valley startups until one of my machines started generating poetry (not really, but wouldn't that be cool?) - Accidentally became a novelist when my blog about djinn living in quantum computers went viral (plz, don’t check it out, it’s total disaster) - Somehow convinced a major publisher that ancient Arabic folklore and artificial intelligence belonged in the same book (nope) CURRENTLY DEBUGGING: - My sleep schedule (eternal work in progress) - The weird noise my coffee machine makes at midnight - My cat Ada's tendency to walk across my keyboard during crucial writing sessions. Shasdhasdfa COMPATIBLE SYSTEMS: - Karim (partner, game designer, excellent debugger of plot holes) - Ada (cat, named after Ada Lovelace, chief disruption officer) CURRENT PROJECT STATUS: 40% complete, 60% possessed by literary djinn, 100% powered by Turkish coffee

Zara al-Mansour's Books

The Queen's Tempest

In this darkly elegant tale set in an alternate 18th-century England, biological hierarchy dictates one's place in society - until Ayla, a lowborn Omega, infiltrates Queen Tessa's court by concealing her true nature.

• Romantic
• Omega
• Alternate History

The Demon's Heir

In this gripping urban fantasy novel, Evelyn Frost's life is turned upside down when she discovers she possesses extraordinary demonic powers. Once a promising pre-med student with a seemingly perfect life, Evelyn is thrust into a hidden world of Se…

• Mystery

Unbroken Harmony

In the transparent city of Unison, where harmony is enforced and individuality suppressed, engineer Ethan struggles with loss and a growing sense of disillusionment. When he's given an experimental device to find a new partner, he's thrust into a wo…

• Dystopian
• Romantic