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The Man or the Monster
- Author
- Aamna Qureshi
- Narrator
- Deepti Gupta
- Publisher
- Marble Press
- Publish Date
- 7 October 2025
- Run Time
- 9 hours 44 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
She made her decision. Now she has to live with it.
Durkhanai Miangul sealed her lover’s fate when she sent him through a door where either a lady or a lion awaited him. But her decision was only the beginning of her troubles. Durkhanai worries that she might not be the queen her people need or deserve when conflict threatens her kingdom.
Her presumed-dead father comes back with a vengeance and wishes she join him in his cause. But her family’s denial of his revenge forces Durkhanai to take matters into her own hands and she must decide whether to follow the traditions of her forefathers or forge a new path on her own.
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Details
- Author
- Aamna Qureshi
- Narrator
- Deepti Gupta
- Duration
- 9 hours 44 minutes
- Release Date
- 7 October 2025
- ISBN
- 9798228573543
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Marble Press
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Places and peoples
Synopsis
She made her decision. Now she has to live with it.Durkhanai Miangul sealed her lover’s fate when she sent him through a door where either a lady or a lion awaited him. But her decision was only the beginning of her troubles. Durkhanai worries that she might not be the queen her people need or deserve when conflict threatens her kingdom. Her presumed-dead father comes back with a vengeance and wishes she join him in his cause. But her family’s denial of his revenge forces Durkhanai to take matters into her own hands and she must decide whether to follow the traditions of her forefathers or forge a new path on her own.
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