The City of Brass: A Novel (The Daevabad Trilogy #1) [B0770]

2018 PB in excellent condition. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Library Journal; Vulture; The Verge; SYFYWire. Finalist for the World Fantasy Award.

Step into The City of Brass, the spellbinding debut from S. A. Chakraborty, 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. Featuring a stepback and extra content including a bonus scene and an excerpt from The Kingdom of Copper.

On the streets of eighteenth-century Cairo, Nahri is a con woman of unsurpassed skill. She makes her living swindling Ottoman nobles, hoping to one day earn enough to change her fortunes. 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. Forced 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. 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.

From recent Amazon/GoodReads reviews: "This book is sooooo good!!! Like literally so unique and unlike any fantasy I've ever read I was not expecting to like it so much.

I think the thing that made it so cool was that it's set in like an Egyptian/ middle eastern/ Arabic setting which I've never read a book like that before. There were lots of words I didn't understand and I thought the world building was very complex- still not sure I understand it all but I still loved it!! Not romance heavy at all which usually I'm a romance girl but I was here for the adventure of this one. I literally can't describe it- it was just really good!"; "I can't give a high enough rating for this book. Nuanced, emotional, masterful storytelling. Nobody is wrong, nobody is right. Everyone is just scared and suspicious. So happy I found this series."; "Everything you want in a fantasy book: love triangle, rebels and forbidden gay love-

ate it up"