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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 (Luisterboek): 9780062742643
Publicatiedatum
Luisterboek: 14 november 2017
4.3
1 of 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 (Luisterboek): 9780062742643
Publicatiedatum
Luisterboek: 14 november 2017
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Anne
26 apr 2023
This was a really good story, i will say i spend a little longer than usual at the start of an epic fantasy just being confused - but excited to see where the series goes
Maellys
28 sep 2020
Great story!! Masterly read also, makes it a joy to listen. Sheherazade all over! I loved this.
Karen
20 sep 2023
Ben blij dat ik ben doorgegaan in dit boek, ondanks wat negatieve reviews in goodreads en een begin waarin ik erg moest wennen aan de hoofdpersonen. Wat mij betreft mogen de vechtscenes wel wat korter en ik zou nog wat meer uitwerking willen van de relatie tussen de rassen/wezens, maar desondanks ben ik toch geïntrigeerd. Ik ga het volgende meteen maar even opzoeken, heb benieuwd hoe het verder gaat!
Olga
23 jan 2020
Trilling political drama with high fantasy and very well rounded characters. I cannot pick a side. They are all so compelling
Vi
27 jul 2020
4.5Truly one of the most intricate and complex fantasies I ever read.Lots of compelling morally grey characters and really awesome world building
Marloes
10 jul 2020
No Sci-fi.... It is happening, for só long, in our world. If you can make that twist. Sad and extremely sad.... But I enjoyed the book; especially because of that twist.
Jay
3 mei 2023
Mooi geschreven en fantastisch voorgelezen. Niet alleen leuk voor jongeren. Heb met heel veel plezier geluisterd en meteen doorgegaan naar deel twee.
Julia
5 jun 2023
Really enjoyed it but was confused 75 percent of the time also was really hard to focus on the story because of this
Rustam en Nikki
28 sep 2020
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