But she knows better than anyone that the trade she uses to get by-palm readings, zars, healings-are all tricks, sleights of hand, learned skills a means to the delightful end of swindling Ottoman nobles.īut when Nahri accidentally summons an equally sly, darkly mysterious djinn warrior to her side during one of her cons, she’s forced to accept that the magical world she thought only existed in childhood stories is real. Certainly, she has power on the streets of 18th century Cairo, she’s a con woman of unsurpassed talent. Summary: Nahri has never believed in magic. *Finalist for the British Fantasy Award: Best Newcomerįeaturing a stepback and extra content including a bonus scene and an excerpt from The Kingdom of Copper.The City Of Brass by S.A. *Nominated for the Locus Award: Best First Novel
*Finalist for the World Fantasy Award: Best Novel It’s a city steeped in magic and fire, where blood can be as dangerous as any spell a city where old resentments run deep and the royal court rules with a tenuous grip a city to which Nahri is irrevocably bound-and where her very presence threatens to ignite a war that has been simmering for centuries. But when Nahri accidentally summons Dara, an equally sly, darkly mysterious djinn warrior, during one of her cons, she learns that even the cleverest of schemes can have deadly consequences.įorced to flee Cairo, Dara and Nahri journey together across hot, windswept sands teeming with creatures of fire and rivers where the mythical marid sleep, past ruins of once-magnificent human metropolises and mountains where the circling birds of prey are more than what they seem, to Daevabad, the legendary city of brass. She makes her living swindling Ottoman nobles, hoping to one day earn enough to change her fortunes. On the streets of eighteenth-century Cairo, Nahri is a con woman of unsurpassed skill. Chakraborty perfect for fans of The Golem and the Jinni, The Grace of Kings, and Uprooted, in which the future of a magical Middle Eastern kingdom rests in the hands of a clever and defiant young con artist with miraculous healing gifts. Step into The City of Brass, the spellbinding debut from S.
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