Spoiler Alert! There are questions/answers below that will give away a few plot points. I would encourage you to read The Ruby Prince before reading this post.

Pitch blackness lay before them. There was no moon to light the waves of the desert. But Zarbadast shone out of the darkness—a living, breathing creature—with lights tucked among the shadows, looking like coals from a fire that had once covered the world... It made Zarbadast look like a mystery, a mesmerizing mystery...
This was a mi...