Shannon Chakraborty

"An extravagant feast of a book—spicy and bloody, dizzyingly magical, and still, somehow, utterly believable." –Laini Taylor, New York Times bestselling author of Strange the Dreamer Step into The City of Brass, the spellbinding debut from S. A. Chakraborty, an imaginative alchemy 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. Nahri has never believed in magic. Certainly, she has power; on the streets of eighteenth-century Cairo, she’s a con woman of unsurpassed talent. But she knows better than anyone that the trades she uses to get by—palm readings, zars, and a mysterious gift for healing—are all tricks, both the means to the delightful end of swindling Ottoman nobles and a reliable way to survive. But when Nahri accidentally summons Dara, an equally sly, darkly mysterious djinn warrior, to her side during one of her cons, she’s forced to reconsider her beliefs. For Dara tells Nahri an extraordinary tale: 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, lies Daevabad, the legendary city of brass—a city to which Nahri is irrevocably bound. In Daevabad, within gilded brass walls laced with enchantments and behind the six gates of the six djinn tribes, old resentments run deep. And when Nahri decides to enter this world, her arrival threatens to ignite a war that has been simmering for centuries. Spurning Dara’s warning of the treachery surrounding her, she embarks on a hesitant friendship with Alizayd, an idealistic prince who dreams of revolutionizing his father’s corrupt regime. All too soon, Nahri learns that true power is fierce and brutal. That magic cannot shield her from the dangerous web of court politics. That even the cleverest of schemes can have deadly consequences. After all, there is a reason they say to be careful what you wish for . . .

A Novel

The City of Brass

Return to Daevabad in the spellbinding sequel to THE CITY OF BRASS.

Nahri’s life changed forever the moment she accidentally summoned Dara, a formidable, mysterious djinn, during one of her schemes. Whisked from her home in Cairo, she was thrust into the dazzling royal court of Daevabad—and quickly discovered she would need all her grifter instincts to survive there.

Now, with Daevabad entrenched in the dark aftermath of a devastating battle, Nahri must forge a new path for herself. But even as she embraces her heritage and the power it holds, she knows she’s been trapped in a gilded cage, watched by a king who rules from the throne that once belonged to her family—and one misstep will doom her tribe..

Meanwhile, Ali has been exiled for daring to defy his father. Hunted by assassins, adrift on the unforgiving copper sands of his ancestral land, he is forced to rely on the frightening abilities the marid—the unpredictable water spirits—have gifted him. But in doing so, he threatens to unearth a terrible secret his family has long kept buried.

And as a new century approaches and the djinn gather within Daevabad's towering brass walls for celebrations, a threat brews unseen in the desolate north. It’s a force that would bring a storm of fire straight to the city’s gates . . . and one that seeks the aid of a warrior trapped between worlds, torn between a violent duty he can never escape and a peace he fears he will never deserve.

The Daevabad Trilogy #2

The Kingdom of Copper

"No series since George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire has quite captured both palace intrigue and the way that tribal infighting and war hurt the vulnerable the most." --Paste Magazine The final chapter in the bestselling, critically acclaimed Daevabad Trilogy, in which a con-woman and an idealistic djinn prince join forces to save a magical kingdom from a devastating civil war. Daevabad has fallen. After a brutal conquest stripped the city of its magic, Nahid leader Banu Manizheh and her resurrected commander, Dara, must try to repair their fraying alliance and stabilize a fractious, warring people. But the bloodletting and loss of his beloved Nahri have unleashed the worst demons of Dara's dark past. To vanquish them, he must face some ugly truths about his history and put himself at the mercy of those he once considered enemies. Having narrowly escaped their murderous families and Daevabad's deadly politics, Nahri and Ali, now safe in Cairo, face difficult choices of their own. While Nahri finds peace in the old rhythms and familiar comforts of her human home, she is haunted by the knowledge that the loved ones she left behind and the people who considered her a savior are at the mercy of a new tyrant. Ali, too, cannot help but look back, and is determined to return to rescue his city and the family that remains. Seeking support in his mother's homeland, he discovers that his connection to the marid goes far deeper than expected and threatens not only his relationship with Nahri, but his very faith. As peace grows more elusive and old players return, Nahri, Ali, and Dara come to understand that in order to remake the world, they may need to fight those they once loved . . . and take a stand for those they once hurt.

The Empire of Gold

Amina al-Sirafi should be content. After a storied and scandalous career as one of the Indian Ocean’s most notorious pirates, she’s survived backstabbing rogues, vengeful merchant princes, several husbands, and one actual demon to retire peacefully with her family to a life of piety, motherhood, and absolutely nothing that hints of the supernatural.

But when she’s tracked down by the obscenely wealthy mother of a former crewman, she’s offered a job no bandit could refuse: retrieve her comrade’s kidnapped daughter for a kingly sum. The chance to have one last adventure with her crew, do right by an old friend, and win a fortune that will secure her family’s future forever? It seems like such an obvious choice that it must be God’s will.

Yet the deeper Amina dives, the more it becomes alarmingly clear there’s more to this job, and the girl’s disappearance, than she was led to believe. For there’s always risk in wanting to become a legend, to seize one last chance at glory, to savor just a bit more power…and the price might be your very soul.

Amina al-Sirafi #1

The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi

The River of Silver

Tales from the Daevabad Trilogy

River of Silver

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La cité de laiton

La città di ottone

Il regno di rame

Wanneer Nahri in het 18e-eeuwse Caïro per ongeluk een djinnkrijger oproept, verandert haar leven voorgoed en raakt ze verwikkeld in intriges en stammenstrijd in de bronzen stad.

De bronzen stad

Bestselling author S.A. Chakraborty’s acclaimed Daevabad Trilogy is expanded with this compilation of stories from before, during, and after the events of The City of Brass, The Kingdom of Copper, and The Empire of Gold.

The River of Silver: Tales from the Daevabad Trilogy (The Daevabad Trilogy, Book 4)

A Cidade de Bronze

Die Stadt aus Messing

Daevabad Trilogy Collection

Het wervelende eerste deel in de meeslepende Daevabad-trilogie, die zich afspeelt in achttiende-eeuws Egypte Tussen de marktkramen van het achttiende-eeuwse Caïro zingen nog altijd de oude verhalen rond. Verhalen over djinns en geesten. Over steden verborgen in het kolkende zand van de woestijn, vol betoveringen, verlangen en schatten die je stoutste dromen overtreffen. Daar, waar de magie door elke straat stroomt en als stof in de lucht hangt, wacht Daevabad: de legendarische bronzen stad. Achter haar hoge muren en zes djinnpoorten wacht een stad vol intrige en betovering – waar oude vetes verre schaduwen werpen en de machtsstrijd genadeloos is. Nahri heeft nooit in magie geloofd. Dromen over schatten en verborgen steden is leuk, maar als je de kost verdient met het oplichten van rijke Ottomaanse edelen, heb je wel iets anders aan je hoofd. Tot Nahri tijdens een van haar zwendelpraktijken per ongeluk een mysterieuze djinnkrijger aan haar zijde roept, en ze beseft dat de magische wereld die ze voor onzin hield maar al te echt is. Sterker nog: dat zijzelf er onherroepelijk deel van uitmaakt. Want Nahri heeft nooit geweten waar ze vandaan komt, of hoe het kan dat ze vreemde talen kan verstaan die niemand haar ooit heeft geleerd. Ze hoopt dat de krijger haar de antwoorden kan geven die ze haar hele leven heeft gezocht. Maar iedereen weet dat een wens doen bij een djinn fatale gevolgen kan hebben. In de pers ‘Een briljant debuut dat een volledig nieuwe richting in het fantasygenre aanboort en diversiteit en inclusiviteit met een aanstekelijk flair op de kaart zet.’ The Wall Street Journal ‘“Betoverend” is absoluut het juiste woord om deze pageturner te beschrijven. Een subliem fantasyavontuur dat zich kan meten met de spanning van In de ban van de ring.’ New York Journal of Books ‘Een briljante combinatie van een meeslepende schrijfstijl, plottwists, een rijke fantasiewereld, hartveroverende heldin, bloedstollende actie en droge humor. Laat die trilogie maar komen!’ Publishers Weekly

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