The City of Brass

The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty, 532 pages

Nahri is a bit of a con artist in 18th-Century Cairo, albeit a con who has the power to heal people. But her con bites back when she accidentally summons a powerful djinn warrior named Dara and attracts the attention of the demonic ifrit. Soon, Dara is racing Nahri across the desert to the djinn city of Daevabad, where he hopes she can find some safety from the ifrit, and where Nahri hopes she can find out a bit about her healing ability. But tensions between different djinn tribes have made Daevabad a much trickier city than either Dara or Nahri expected. This was an intriguing tale of magic and politics, and I'm excited to hear what the Orcs & Aliens think of it at book group on Monday.