A Master of Djinn
by P. Djeli Clark · 2021
Science Fiction · ranked #19 in category
In an alternate 1912 Cairo transformed by the return of magic and djinn forty years earlier, Agent Fatma el-Sha'arawi of the Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments and Supernatural Entities investigates the murder of a secret brotherhood by a man claiming to be al-Jahiz, the mystic whose actions unleashed magic on the world. Clark's Nebula Award-winning novel combines steampunk Cairo, Egyptian mythology and a confident, glamorous detective heroine.
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- Essential Read
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