The City of Brass
Nahri has never believed in magic. Certainly, she has power; on the streets of 18th century Cairo, she’s a con woman of unsurpassed talent. But she knows better than anyone that the trade she uses to get by—palm readings, zars, healings—are all tricks, sleights of hand, learned skills; a means to...
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Nahri has never believed in magic. Certainly, she has power; on the streets of 18th century Cairo, she’s a con woman of unsurpassed talent. But she knows better than anyone that the trade she uses to get by—palm readings, zars, healings—are all tricks, sleights of hand, learned skills; a means to the delightful end of swindling Ottoman nobles. But when Nahri accidentally s
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ASIN: B06VXWPMV5
Publisher: Harper Voyager
Pages no: 544
Edition language: English
by Suman Chakraborty It's always a good sign when a story draws me in right away. An Egyptian healer with a natural ability to see sickness in people makes her living making a show of healing as if she were a charlatan. Until one day she calls up something she doesn't expect and suddenly she's inv...
This is one of those books that I found perfectly serviceable and fine. I didn't love it, but I didn't dislike it either. It pulled me along at a decent rate and I didn't feel the urge to abandon it at any point. Conversely I don't feel compelled to pick up the sequel, though I hope the people I kno...
Starts in Cairo and continues into the desert into a world of Devas and Djinn and other creatures that are part of mythology I don't get exposed to that often this is a tale of a girl who is getting by in the slums using her wits finding that she has power and then that this power has a price. It's ...
I really enjoyed this book, I was fully captivated in the world and the characters, I might not have liked every character but I was really interested to see how the main two would develop throughout the story. I am in love with the world and the magic system of the world and I am pumped to start wi...
I really enjoyed this book, I was fully captivated in the world and the characters, I might not have liked every character but I was really interested to see how the main two would develop throughout the story. I am in love with the world and the magic system of the world and I am pumped to start wi...
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