Once a child soldier of the Female Dominion, Sacet left that life behind long ago…

Now free from the brainwashing, Sacet would rather stay on the move with her adopted brother, Eno, doing her best to forget her past.

When super-powered soldiers will stop at nothing to see them both caught, it becomes clear they won’t be able to run forever. As the past threatens to enslave them, Sacet faces a grave choice…

Will she risk both their lives to fight back? Or serve her old masters once more to keep Eno safe?

“Packed to the brim with danger and adventure, Sacet is the next great dystopian protagonist fighting systemic corruption. An amazing sci-fi setting and a well-established world made for a great read!” Claire, Readalot reviewer

"Sisters of the Sand by JB Villinger starts as your typical science fiction novel and then slowly evolves into a story that has the potential to have an epic conclusion. This is the first book in the series that centres around Sacet, an escapee from the Female Dominion who is found and raised by a family of Nomads. The Nomads are always on the run from both the Female Dominion and the Male Dominion. As the names suggest these two kingdoms are divided by sex and in constant conflict with each other, while the Nomadic tribes are caught somewhere in the middle. In this desert world, Sacet, her brother Eno, and her grandfather Aberym travel from village to village while Aberym trains Sacet into the weapon he wants her to be. His only goal in life is for Sacet to save the world -no pressure- when suddenly tragedy strikes. 

Villinger’s telling of the story was clear, crisp, and entertaining and the book slides into the niche of young adult science fiction as if it was always meant to be there. The reader is never bored. The setting in the book often changes from village to desert to city to war front, which lends the novel an almost epic feel, but in my opinion, falls short of its full potential in that regard. With more attention to character development and worldbuilding, this book could easily have fallen into the category of adult science fiction, on par with the likes of Brandon Sanderson. As it stands, the length and detail in the book fit a younger audience's attention span well. Two-thirds of the way through the novel the reader becomes aware of a deeper conspiracy, but it is only in the final chapter that this suspicion is solidified. The novel itself takes on an entirely new scope at this point. This has the effect of making the reader think: “Maybe I don’t know what’s going on at all.”

Overall, it is a very enjoyable book to read, and I can see it becoming a series worth contending with. Sisters of the Sand is for readers who like their books to be heavy on adventure and do not mind a bit of violence." Antionette van der Gryp, online reviewer