Surgical Ward 9 - Ralph Hubbell Crime Nothing but slavery and death

Nothing but slavery and death has ever awaited a half-Fae in their halls

'Thank God for girlfriends

to sit and let thoughts waft into thin air like the steam from the chai

ordinary Americans don't stand a chance

From the author of the award-winning Uprooted

Surgical Ward 9 - Ralph Hubbell Crime Nothing but slavery and deathIstanbul, 1915. While the Ottoman Empire is in the thick of war and fighting for its life, an unnamed fifteen year old boy has his own pressing concerns: he suffers from severe bone tuberculosis and drifts from doctor to doctor, unwilling to follow their advice. As his incurable condition and resulting despair trap him in fevered, psychological seclusion, he seeks solace in his infatuation with an older girl, Nzhet. Surgical Ward 9 is a raw and honest