Death Row Boy
NCPA Gold Award Recipient for Best Fiction of 2024 Against the backdrop of a post-Islamic revolution Iran, a boy is in a fight for his life, perilously at the mercy of an arrogant judge and a vengeful woman. Inspired by true events, Death Row Boy navigates a child’s heartbreaking journey through an unforgiving legal system while weaving in a tender thread of love, steeped in devotion and sacrifice.
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Ahrash is a highly gifted village boy who strives to excel in academics. Absolutely devoted to his family, especially to his older brother, he is determined to improve all their lives through a higher education and, ultimately, a prosperous job. As Ahrash steadily moves toward his goal, he suddenly finds himself in a predicament that causes him to make a mistake. The mistake is colossal, enough to derail his promising life and propel him down a terrifying path. Now in the grip of Sharia law, Ahrash can only watch death racing toward him. Will this thirteen-year-old child be strong enough to battle the idea of mortality?
330 pages
English edition · First published 2024 by Independently published · ISBN 9798884546509
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