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. It’s stunning and complex and consuming and fantastic. You must read it.” - Sabaa Tahir, #1 New York Times bestselling author of An Ember in the Ashes “ The City of Brass is the best adult fantasy I’ve read since The Name of the Wind. 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.įeaturing a stepback and extra content including a bonus scene and an excerpt from The Kingdom of Copper. Step into The City of Brass, the spellbinding debut from S. *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 Michelle Publicover, An Unlikely Story, Plainville, MA I cannot wait to inhale the next part of the Daevabad Trilogy!” The details Chakraborty built into this world are impressive and rich.
Few of the characters are truly good or bad, and each of their motives and experiences are wide-ranging and understandable to some degree. “I loved this novel SO MUCH! Not only is this an epic and fast-paced read, it’s also reflective of many of history’s most complicated relationships (Israel and Palestine, for one). Barry Nelipowitz, Literati Bookstore, Ann Arbor, MI Winter 2018 Reading Group Indie Next List The City of Brass is a wonderfully written, mystical adventure that keeps you guessing about what will happen next.” I found myself turning page after page, following Nahri's and Ali's story while deciphering the fantastic terminology and the world that is Daevabad.
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Nahri and Ali find themselves learning new lessons on how to survive changing environments and difficult challenges, while trying to figure out the complexities of their lives. The City of Brass follows, in parallel, Nahri, a con artist and naturally gifted healer, and Ali, prince of Daevabad and fiercely trained soldier. Chakraborty introduces a fantasy set in the Middle East that thrusts us into the magical world of Daevabad.
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