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NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Library Journal | Vulture | The Verge | SYFYWire
Step into The City of Brass, the spellbinding debut from S. A. 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.
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 . . .
This audiobook includes an episode of the Book Club Girl Podcast, featuring an interview with S. A. Chakraborty about The City of Brass.
© 2017 HarperAudio (Ljudbok): 9780062742643
Utgivningsdatum
Ljudbok: 14 november 2017
4.3
1 av 8
Fantasy & SciFi
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Library Journal | Vulture | The Verge | SYFYWire
Step into The City of Brass, the spellbinding debut from S. A. 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.
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 . . .
This audiobook includes an episode of the Book Club Girl Podcast, featuring an interview with S. A. Chakraborty about The City of Brass.
© 2017 HarperAudio (Ljudbok): 9780062742643
Utgivningsdatum
Ljudbok: 14 november 2017
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Ella
18 juli 2020
Lätt att lyssna på, men samtidigt i en värld man inte är van att fantasy utspelar sig i! Karaktärerna har bra djup, det är inte bara "gott och ont", najs!
Carolina
6 juli 2022
Bästa bokserien jag läst. Språket, världsbygget, karaktärerna... Allt är top notch.
Svein
18 sep. 2023
Riktigt bra första bok av en fantasy serie med arabisk tematik. (Kairo, flygande mattor djinner(som i anden i flaskan) och andra sagoväsen. Rekommenderar starkt, jag kommer lyssna på bok två nu på direkten, efter att sträcklyssnat på denna.
Abeerr
18 maj 2020
Very captivating book can't wait to listen the next one ❤
Monica
3 sep. 2023
Mycket fängslande och annorlunda fantasy. Välskrivna karaktärer som man snabbt fastnar för. Hela serien Mycket bra.
Pad
9 dec. 2023
Riktigt bra, men trist att uppläsaren inte kan uttala namn rätt. Går em på nerverna.
Albertina
14 nov. 2020
Flat and predictable character development with lots of tropes and uninspired dialogue. Was really let down by this one, it had potential.
Kajsa
14 dec. 2023
Spännande bok o uppfriskande kul med fantasy i arabisk miljö, men lite för mycket politiska intriger för min smak
saga
6 maj 2023
3.5 🤌
Stefan
26 okt. 2023
Bra fantasy med ett budskap kring ras o religon
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