The Sailor's Secret

Younis AlAkhzami author Mbarek Sryfi translator

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Dar Arab

Publishing:17th Nov '25

£14.00

This title is due to be published on 17th November, and will be despatched as soon as possible.

The Sailor's Secret cover

A lyrical tale of shipwrecks, secrets and spiritual journeys, where myth and memory meet across oceans and deserts.

After a shipwreck off the coast of Oman, a hidden secret begins to surface. In England, David sets out for the desert, guided by a storm, a secret notebook, and signs that feel like prophecy.

A storm delivers a boy to the shores of Ras Madrakah, a forgotten village where the sea speaks in riddles and the rocks seem almost alive. Sheikh Shaleh takes the boy in, convinced he is a gift from God. The same storm that wrecks a ship appears to reveal a long-buried secret. Across the sea, in the quiet chapels of Leeds, Sophia sends her husband David into the desert in search of that secret, guided by signs she believes are divine. Told with the shimmer of Arabian Nights and the wonder of Sinbad’s voyages, The Sailor’s Secret is a tale of omens, shipwrecks, and the stories that carry us home.

“A haunting tale where desert myths, colonial legacies, and ecological anxieties collide—The Sailor’s Secret reimagines Arabian Peninsula’s coast as both a battleground and a sanctuary.” — Oman Daily (2024)

ISBN: 9781788711067

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: unknown

300 pages