// "The Rising Falcon" Released! //

// Articles would begin to be released from various Nexus news sources, starting with the Caliphate News Service. They would be especially prolific with sites focused on current literature and releases. The common topic is the newly released autobiography of the current Caliph of the ICIF, Syed al-Quiche, titled "The Rising Falcon". //

// The book itself is a collection of chapters detailing the life of Syed from his point of view, going through his early days of childhood, where the absence of his parents due to royal affairs left him in the care of various nannies and guardians, which he is keen to ensure does not become the case with his own children. He describes his hectic relationship with his younger brother, Zaidan al-Quiche. The book also goes through his early, private education at the Palace of the Khalifa, and his years at the University of New Makkah, where he studied Sharia Law, Governance, and failed in the extracurricular horse archery program. He notes some early figures at this time, Cirillo de Guanciale, a man who worked in the Royal Court during his father's reign, and Wajdiyya Sidiqi, a childhood friend and his future spymaster. A chapter is dedicated to the day his father passed and he was crowned the next Caliph, a day that he views as one of the saddest and yet most emboldening days of his life, when he became a true monarch and leader. //

// Several chapters after that are about him learning the true ropes of leadership, and how to manage both the bickering nobles of the Royal Court, as well as the needs of his own people. He also details his early adventurous spirit, and how he traveled out into the Fringe alone for a year, to see if it was worth entering the Caliphate into the current political climate. He notes his early apprehension due to the Godus Invasion, his early established alliance with the Atlas Federation, and his own close encounter with Bloody Tongue assassins, who he fought off with Regala Peterson, the event being the first time he ever fired a firearm, which he always found distasteful and crude. After a year of observing the Fringe, he notes how his demeanor and optimism changed. No longer did he wish to explore, the Fringe was cluttered with kuffar and shirk, an atmosphere that would need to suit the Caliphate, not the other way around. He returned to Maladh, and remained there for several months, gradually pulling back the isolationist policies of his forefathers, and returning his attention back to the Fringe once he was done. He briefly writes about a violent incident between him and his brother, the latter being exiled from the city of New Makkah, which he now pensively regrets, and wishes to see his sibling once again, wherever he is. //

// The next few chapters detail his time in the OFTO, striking alliances and friendships with both the NAUSCM generals and the United Ministries of Purgatory City. He speaks fondly of the Purgatorians while their world was under his dominion during Sergeant's absence, and seems somewhat regretful in tone about the conflict with the UACC, which he deemed to be ultimately unnecessary. A small chapteris dedicated to an assassination attempt on him and Chica, leader of the Galactic Rangers, by a Ravir and an avian pirate, the latter who was later found and beheaded by Wajdiyya. He ends this section with his dismissal of the OFTO, which he believed to no longer bear any merit as an organization, and became the final chairman of the short-lived organization, as well as his hated betrayal of Wajdiyya, whom he claims to have exiled. //

// The next collection of chapters is dedicated to his family, specifically how he met his future wife, Zel'nara, and the uncertain relationship he had with her originally. He never seems to properly name why or how he developed his feelings for her, only that they were genuine, and not the forced affection he often had to present for the women back at the palace. He was aware from the first day of what she was, but that the prospect of it did not frighten him. He devotes a chapter to contracting her condition, which he never labels as an illness or disease, and his subsequent transformation of body, which he describes as a "rapturous and growing experience, a true maturity of my body for my matured mind.". He goes on to write about his wedding at the Republic of Canada, and how marrying Zel'nara was the happiest decision he ever made in his life, and that his wedding day will always be his perfect day. The last chapters are dedicated to his children, Qitias and Nitias Naysed, who he cherishes more than any others in this world, and writes lovingly on the joys of fatherhood and family life, stating that family, along with faith, are the two most important aspects in his life. //

// Chapters after that range all the way from the conflict with the Order and Roji, the short lived insurrection on the Caliphate's colonies, burning down the Miskatonic University, Bathshire's ban on Islam, the NAUSCM shifting into the Holy Dominion, the 11 Hour War for Sarracenia to create New Basra, to the Haven Federation emerging from isolation and entering the political climate. His attitude and outlooks have become, in his opinion, stricter and colder than they used to be, but his people, whom he states throughout the text, he loves dearly, and lives to serve them, have prospered under his rule, giving him peace of mind. He writes much about his pride of the Quichei lineage, as well as pride in his own faith, dedicating an entire chapter to his Hajj, which he completed at age 19. Some sections detail his political and moral beliefs, stemming that concepts such as democracy will ultimately fail, and that a strong, noble hierarchy guided by faith remains the bulwark of a stable and prosperous society. He also admits that Muslims, regardless of their chosen sects and Madhhab, are superior to all kuffar, who are in turn below Dhimma, and that crimes he and they may commit against them are justifiable to God on judgement day, though he also states that there are good kuffar as well, and they too will be judged rightfully by God. A small section details his discovery of the qarin, and the Caliphate's exciting new forays into the realm of hyperspace, which some he hypothesizes may be a way to Jannah itself. The final few chapters list and partially describe several people whom he believes have been influential in his life, ranging from several guardians during his childhood, his current nuclear family, Greg Peterson, Gronkey Vokwell, Panter, Malacoda, a bartender, a stubborn girl with goggles, Regala Peterson, Aurus Fidem, Sergeant, Lillith Northman, and of course, Allah Himself. He ends the book on a positive note, stating his excitement for the long and prosperous future ahead of both him, his children, and his people, offering his praises and thanks to God for shaping him into what he describes as a "rising falcon, borne aloft on wings of heavenly light to pierce through the darkness of our age.". //

// The book is, obviously, a massive best-seller in the Caliphate, physical copies flying off the shelves, while shipments of it are distributed to bookstores and retailers across both the Fringe and Civ-Space. Plenty of links for both ordering hard and soft cover physical copies, as well as digital copies, are available. The book is priced at 15 Riyals, or 90 Pixels, hard covers at 20 Riyals, or 120 Pixels. //

 

// Lange Avalice orders a personal hard cover copy for his library collection. //

 

/ 2 copies would be ordered from the city-state of Zecyria. One is to be analyzed by ZETCOM, a branch of the Zecyrian Intelligence Agency that operates under the Ministry of Truth who will analyze a copy themselves and will decide if the autobiography "contains propaganda or damaging materials to the security of the Zecyrian State." /