Beth Winegarner: 2 books

In the city of Damas, young Kirin is left in the care of her older brother. After a charismatic, tyrannical king takes control, capitalism and slavery are forced on the city's people. As Kirin grows from a child of seven to a young woman of seventeen, her tale unfolds with war, love, honor, and betrayal. She learns the value of family -- and history.

After the Satanic Panic faded in the United States, a similar panic surged in parts of the Middle East and Northern Africa, where many metalheads were arrested and interrogated. In other corners of the region, government and market forces have made it difficult for metal bands to perform or record...