The Bonds We Must burn

 

Mahmud Nuralizai and Nusaybah Hüseynzadə weren't supposed to marry each other—until one tragedy after another leads to them pushed into an utilitarian marriage to cement a fragile peace treaty.And while they think their biggest threat is their relentless invaders, they are about to discover that something just as sinister is brewing within their homes...Coming 2026

The Author

Salaam and Kia Ora! Welcome to the website of I, Alice Cameron, the Muslim writing about Muslims doing (sometimes) Muslim-ey things :D Click below to learn more about me or keep scrolling for more bookish stuff!

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Light of Fihri

Science Fantasy ⟡ Dual POV ⟡ Planned TrilogyThe once-powerful planet-nations of Dağellik and Faroviston have withered under the weight of their rivalry between each other, and now, only a mutual enemy maintains the fragile peace they share. Mahmud Nuralizai and Nusaybah Hüseynzadə are the future of these nations, but how far are they willing to go to serve them?

The Bonds We Must Burn

Coming 2026

Light of Fihri #2

Release Date TBA

A Thousand Metres High

Post-Apocalyptic/Dystopian Romance ♡ Dual POV ♡ Standalone(Blurb)

RELEASE DATE TBA

Despite My Hunger

YA Horror ⸸ Singular POV ⸸ Standalone(Blurb)

Penance and Scale

YA/Adult Crossover Dystopian Romance ⸸ Dual POV ⸸ Planned DuologyKindness has a price in New Istanbul, and Aleksey's desperation to free himself from the debt it affords has led him to an impossible task: kill infamous mercenary, Selime Buyuk. But she is prepared to go to the ends of the world to protect what she's built, even despite the mutual attraction growing between them.

A Penance for the Puppeteer

Release date TBA

A Scale for the Saboteur

Release date TBA

The Bonds We Must Burn

Mahmud Nuralizai is the son of Farovistan’s Amir. Nusaybah Hüseynzadə is the daughter of Dağellik’s Shah. They were not supposed to marry each other.

 
But after the death of Osman, his brother and her husband, the pair are thrusted into a marriage neither wants. Together, they are supposed to become Sultan and Sultanah of the newly-established nation Zahrawi, but both know they are merely puppets for their rival fathers.Their planned rule is stifled, however, by the Heisengaf Empire, a monstrous starship that has been waging war against them for over a year. And when the Empress’ elite soldiers start hunting Nusaybah, she becomes key to a plan involving ZULEYXA, a superweapon long thought lost.Nusaybah prepares to face Heisengaf head-on and Mahmud fights to protect her. But as they grow closer and become disillusioned with their families’ wants, they realise that both Farovistan and Dağellik may be vying for the superweapon for other reasons—and that their hunger for victory over the other could very well destroy everything.

 

Death, violence, murder, torture, domestic abuse, spiritual abuse

Mass death, death of parent and siblings, death of minors

Light of Fihri #2

The sequel to The Bonds We Must Burn, coming late 2026.

 
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The Infinite Beyond Illusions

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Blurb

A Thousand Metres High

2036. Ten years since the gargoyle virus changed the world. Now a cure is close to completion, but the future it’s creators promise may not be a paradise for all…Khalif Adesina has built a name for himself as a bounty hunter both the aggressive vampires and the dhampirs who still retain their human likeness. When he’s asked to help ferry two dhampirs across Australia, he agrees with a lot of reluctance.But a simple job quickly becomes complicated in ways he could not have foreseen. Not only is one of the dhampirs Esma Milicevic, his wife who betrayed him years ago, but the other is Lejla, the daughter he never knew he had—and who may very well be the key to ending the virus.Tilly Whittle, the scientist who organised the transfer, has promised Lejla’s safety, but Esma doesn’t trust her or the soldiers sent to ‘protect’ them. And as their destination looms closer, Khalif and Esma are forced to shelve the tension between them to shield their daughter from threats both outside their group and within.
 

Professional Bio

Alice Cameron is a lifelong bookworm who has been dreaming up stories since forever and actually putting pen to paper since her late teens. She writes stories about Muslims doing (sometimes) Muslim-ey things, and The Bonds We Must Burn is her debut novel.A born and raised Kiwi, Alice resides in Aotearoa New Zealand where she splits her free time between her ever-changing hobbies and needy pets.

A More Personal Intro

Where to start?I'm a 22-year-old somebody who never actually thought that she would be doing this—being an author, that is. I've wanted to write books since I discovered Wattpad (yes, I was a Wattpad kid) but struggled to actually do it until a few years ago. Six manuscripts and a lot of long nights later, I have my debut: The Bonds We Must Burn. It almost feels unreal at times.Everything I've written so far, unpublished and to be published, is about Muslims since I like exploring complicated situations from a Muslim POV. I am by no means a scholar—I only converted back in late 2021 and still have a *lot* to learn—but hey, I figured I know more than the random non-Muslims writing about us, am I right?!Anyway, most else about me is already in my bio: I have various hobbies that switch often ranging from drawing, reading, baking, sewing, gaming, and archery; I live in my beautiful home country Aotearoa New Zealand; and my pets never stop harassing me (this includes my pond fish, somehow).

Contact Info

For my social media, you can check out my links here. I go by alice03cameron on Threads, TikTok, and Instagram.If you wanna talk about business-ey stuff, you email me via [email protected]. This is generally the best way to get in contact with me but you're welcome to shoot me a DM too (Instagram is the second best place).