An epic tale of magic and mystery, this is sure to wow. Meanwhile, the colorful prose and thorough worldbuilding allow readers to truly enter this imagined world. A Master of Djinnlike the novelette A Dead Djinn in Cairo that introduced the settingfollows Fatma, a paranormal investigator working for the government of an alternate universe Egypt whose influx of magic has rocketed it to global prominence. Djl Clark Included in NPR’s Favorite Sci-Fi And Fantasy Books Of The Past Decade (2011-2021) A Nebula Award Winner A Ignyte Award Winner A.

With this fantastic feat of postcolonial imagination, Clark reconfigures history with a keen, critical eye toward gender, class, and imperialism. This murderer claims to be Al-Jahiz, returned to condemn the modern age for its social oppressions. A Master of Djinn Dead Djinn Universe1 P. In Clark’s Dead Djinn Universe, it’s been 50 years since the famous mystic Al-Jahiz punched a hole in the barrier separating the realms of human and djinn. Together with her clever partner, Agent Hadia Abdel Hafez, and her girlfriend, Siti, Fatma sets out to uncover the truth behind this self-professed prophet. Djl Clark Tor Publishing Group, Fiction - 464 pages 23 Reviews Reviews aren't verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content when it's. Being an auto-buy author for many readers, it will come as a surprise to no one that his first full-length novel A Master of Djinn is my most anticipated book of 2021.

When Fatma is called in to investigate the crime, she discovers the perpetrator to be a man of rare magical abilities who claims to be the returned al-Jahiz himself. Now members of a brotherhood dedicated to al-Jahiz’s legacy turn up murdered. Decades earlier, the prophet al-Jahiz eliminated the separation of magical and non-magical realms, forever altering the world before disappearing from the public eye. Returning to the bustling streets of the alternate 1912 Cairo first visited in the novella A Dead Djinn in Cairo, Clark’s stunning full-length debut follows the adventures of Fatma el-Sha’arawi, a special investigator with the Egyptian Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments, and Supernatural Entities. Cairo, 1912: Though Fatma el-Shaarawi is the youngest woman working for the Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments and Supernatural Entities, shes certainly.

A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark