S.A.ChakrabortycontinuesthesweepingadventurebeguninTheCityofBrass--“thebestadultfantasyI’vereadsinceTheNameoftheWind“(#1NewYorkTimesbestsellingauthorSabaaTahir)--conjuringaworldwheredjinnsummonflameswiththesnapofafingerandwatersrundeepwitholdmagic;wherebloodcanbedangerousasanyspell,andacleverconartistfromCairowillalterthefateofakingdom.Includesbonusmaterial,includingrecipes,readinggroupdiscussions,andanexcerptfromTheEmpireofGold!Nahri’slifechangedforeverthemomentsheaccidentallysummonedDara,aformidable,mysteriousdjinn,duringoneofherschemes.WhiskedfromherhomeinCairo,shewasthrustintothedazzlingroyalcourtofDaevabad--andquicklydiscoveredshewouldneedallhergrifterinstinctstosurvivethere.Now,withDaevabadentrenchedinthedarkaftermathofadevastatingbattle,Nahrimustforgeanewpathforherself.Butevenassheembracesherheritageandthepoweritholds,sheknowsshe’sbeentrappedinagildedcage,watchedbyakingwhorulesfromthethronethatoncebelongedtoherfamily--andonemisstepwilldoomhertribe..Meanwhile,Alihasbeenexiledfordaringtodefyhisfather.Huntedbyassassins,adriftontheunforgivingcoppersandsofhisancestralland,heisforcedtorelyonthefrighteningabilitiesthemarid--theunpredictablewaterspirits--havegiftedhim.Butindoingso,hethreatenstounearthaterriblesecrethisfamilyhaslongkeptburied.AndasanewcenturyapproachesandthedjinngatherwithinDaevabad’stoweringbrasswallsforcelebrations,athreatbrewsunseeninthedesolatenorth.It’saforcethatwouldbringastormoffirestraighttothecity’sgates...andonethatseekstheaidofawarriortrappedbetweenworlds,tornbetweenaviolentdutyhecanneverescapeandapeacehefearshewillneverdeserve.
