The Bird King by G. Willow Wilson

An interesting jaunt between a young girl raised in a harem, a gay magical cartographer and various djinns on the run from the Spanish Inquisition. Fatima wants only the best for her friend Hassan and can't understand why the King and his mother are willing to give him up to members of the Inquisition in a heartbeat. They flee and are pursued by a pale female inquisitor. Traveling by boat and by land, helped by djinns and a wayward monk they are trying to find a mythical land where they can live in peace. This very imaginative fantasy world is grounded in middle eastern history and folklore. Every action they take, every person they decide to trust is a risk but Fatima relies on her own sense of finding the good in people. A delight to the senses, this novel asks the reader to judge what is moral, right and the way of God, Allah or a higher power.