Her style is vivid and colourful and very readable. I loved the protagonist, there was a nice cast of supporting characters, and the plot had some twists and turns that I did not see coming. And her portrayal of the cultural conflicts in the magical city of Daevabad and of Ali's inner turmoil is compelling and complex, serving as a strong counterpoint to the thrilling action.' - Washington Post 'Chakraborty writes a winning heroine in Nahri - flawed but smart and engaging. ' reads like an invitation for readers from Baghdad to Fairbanks to meet across impossibly divergent worlds through the shared language and images of the fantastical.' - New York Times Book Review A must-read.' - Roshani Chokshi, New York Times bestselling author of The Star-Touched Queen Chakraborty's debut is desire-soaked, intrigue-laced, and rife with so-delicious-you'll-sink-your-teeth-into-it worldbuilding and equally mesmerizing characters. You must read it.' - Sabaa Tahir, #1 New York Times bestselling author of An Ember in the Ashes It's stunning and complex and consuming and fantastic. 'The City of Brass is the best adult fantasy I've read since The Name of the Wind. *Finalist for the British Fantasy Award: Best Newcomer

*Nominated for the Locus Award: Best First Novel *Finalist for the World Fantasy Award: Best Novel NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Library Journal Vulture The Verge SYFYWire 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.

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