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!
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 (Ljudbok): 9780062742643
Utgivningsdatum
Ljudbok: 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 (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!
Maria
22 aug. 2022
Joitakin koukuttavia hetkiä, joitakin tylsiä hetkiä. En tiedä jatkanko sarjan seuraavaan osaan, loppu enemmänkin ärsytti kuin olisi jäänyt kaihertamaan.
oofie
18 maj 2022
Fantastisk, eventyrlig fantasy, der er svær at slippe igen!
Carolina
6 juli 2022
Bästa bokserien jag läst. Språket, världsbygget, karaktärerna... Allt är top notch.
Sofia
11 maj 2021
Ca 1,5 timme från slutet blev den så pass intressant att jag tänker ge nästa bok en chans.
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.
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
Mike
10 feb. 2023
Meget positiv overrasket. En rigtig fed fantasy bog.
Vi
27 juli 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
Bok
2 juli 2021
Lyssnade nästa 4h innan jag gav upp, inte så rolig och svår att förstå
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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!
Maria
22 aug. 2022
Joitakin koukuttavia hetkiä, joitakin tylsiä hetkiä. En tiedä jatkanko sarjan seuraavaan osaan, loppu enemmänkin ärsytti kuin olisi jäänyt kaihertamaan.
oofie
18 maj 2022
Fantastisk, eventyrlig fantasy, der er svær at slippe igen!
Carolina
6 juli 2022
Bästa bokserien jag läst. Språket, världsbygget, karaktärerna... Allt är top notch.
Sofia
11 maj 2021
Ca 1,5 timme från slutet blev den så pass intressant att jag tänker ge nästa bok en chans.
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.
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
Mike
10 feb. 2023
Meget positiv overrasket. En rigtig fed fantasy bog.
Vi
27 juli 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
Bok
2 juli 2021
Lyssnade nästa 4h innan jag gav upp, inte så rolig och svår att förstå
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