The City of Brass

Rating 4.3
19h 36min
The Daevabad Trilogy
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Description of book

Discover this spellbinding debut from S.A. Chakraborty.

‘An extravagant feast of a book – spicy and bloody, dizzyingly magical, and still, somehow, utterly believable’ Laini Taylor, Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author

Among the bustling markets of eighteenth century Cairo, the city’s outcasts eke out a living swindling rich Ottoman nobles and foreign invaders alike.

But alongside this new world the old stories linger. Tales of djinn and spirits. Of cities hidden among the swirling sands of the desert, full of enchantment, desire and riches. Where magic pours down every street, hanging in the air like dust.

Many wish their lives could be filled with such wonder, but not Nahri. She knows the trades she uses to get by are just tricks and sleights of hand: there’s nothing magical about them. She only wishes to one day leave Cairo, but as the saying goes…

Be careful what you wish for.

Format:

Part:

1

Length Audiobook:

19h 36min

Language:

English

Published:

3/8/2018

Publisher Audiobook:

HarperCollins UK

ISBN Audiobook:

9780008239435

What other people think

Reviews of The City of Brass

Greta!

Ania

Riveting story, the characters are okay, the narration good but a little maudlin for my taste.

P

Loved the story and the narration was perfect 👍🏼

Anna

Nice book, good pacing all in all well done

Nina