Shama's Eyes

This is not a novel about love that dies. It is about love born from the ashes of a love that perished.Ram, a prince of twenty-two, watches his beloved wife Layla and their newborn son die in his arms on a single, horrifying night. Broken beyond repair, he abandons his crown, his kingdom, and his little brother Jud, fleeing into the rain without a backward glance.Eight years later, he is a simple stable hand in the kingdom of Bam. There he meets Shama, a merchant's daughter with eyes as green as the spring sea. In her, he finds the echo of a love he thought he had buried forever. Shama risks everything, leaving a palace of gold and silk to sleep on hay and eat dry bread beside him.Their love blooms in a ruined stable under a perforated roof. But happiness is a fragile guest. Poverty, a bitter winter, and a devastating childbirth conspire to tear them apart. Shama dies in his arms, just as Layla did, leaving him with nothing but a sieve and a heart full of ashes.Consumed by grief, Ram wanders for seven years, sifting seawater, searching for Shama's eyes in the waves. He finds himself in the kingdom of Bahran, where he meets Shams, Shama's own sister. She offers him a chance at a new life, but he refuses her. To preserve his loyalty to his lost love and his friendship with the king, he has already committed an unspeakable act of self-mutilation.A false accusation of rape lands him on death row. Only a small, sealed box can prove his innocence. What it contains will shatter a kingdom, reveal a terrible truth, and set him free at last.Shama's Eyes is an epic tale of sacrifice, madness, and the kind of love that survives even death. It is a story about a man who lost everything but his nobility, and a woman whose love was more precious than any crown.