The thin executioner

Description:

In a nation of warriors where weakness is shunned and all crimes, no matter how minor, are punishable by beheading, young Jebel Rum, along with a slave who is fated to be sacrificed, sets forth on a quest to petition the Fire God for invincibility, but when the long and arduous journey is over, Jebel has learned much about fairness and the value of life.

subjects: Fiction,  Conduct of life,  Executions and executioners,  Slavery,  Voyages and travels,  Voyages and travels -- Fiction,  Executions and executioners -- Fiction,  Slavery -- Fiction,  Conduct of life -- Fiction,  Juvenile fiction,  Children's fiction,  Conduct of life, fiction,  Slavery, fiction,  Voyages and travels, fiction,  Fantasy fiction