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The City of Brass: A Novel (The Daevabad Trilogy) Kindle Edition

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NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Library Journal | Vulture | The Verge | SYFYWire

Step into The City of Brass, the spellbinding debut from S. A. Chakraborty perfect for fans of The Golem and the Jinni, The Grace of Kings, and Uprooted, in which the future of a magical Middle Eastern kingdom rests in the hands of a clever and defiant young con artist with miraculous healing gifts.

On the streets of eighteenth-century Cairo, Nahri is a con woman of unsurpassed skill. She makes her living swindling Ottoman nobles, hoping to one day earn enough to change her fortunes. But when Nahri accidentally summons Dara, an equally sly, darkly mysterious djinn warrior, during one of her cons, she learns that even the cleverest of schemes can have deadly consequences.

Forced to flee Cairo, Dara and Nahri journey together across hot, windswept sands teeming with creatures of fire and rivers where the mythical marid sleep, past ruins of once-magnificent human metropolises and mountains where the circling birds of prey are more than what they seem, to Daevabad, the legendary city of brass.

It’s a city steeped in magic and fire, where blood can be as dangerous as any spell; a city where old resentments run deep and the royal court rules with a tenuous grip; a city to which Nahri is irrevocably bound—and where her very presence threatens to ignite a war that has been simmering for centuries.

*Finalist for the World Fantasy Award: Best Novel

*Nominated for the Locus Award: Best First Novel

*Finalist for the British Fantasy Award: Best Newcomer

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An Amazon Best Book of November 2017: George R. R. Martin’s Game of Thrones meets Naomi Novik’s Uprooted in this marvelous debut fantasy about a young con artist from 18th century Cairo who learns that her mysterious parentage—and her ability to work small magics—might be connected to the nearly forgotten legends of the djinn, Suleiman the Magnificent, and the mysterious brass city of Daevabad. When Nahri accidentally summons Dara, a djinn warrior with a long and bloody past, she plunges both of them into the brewing animosity among the ancient djinn tribes united only by their disdain for their half-human offspring, who have few rights in the djinn stronghold of Daevabad. But not all djinn think the half-humans should be persecuted. Alizayd, the djinn king’s second son, works in the shadows to right wrongs even as surging tensions birth battles in the streets. Deep and gorgeous world building plus the political plot corkscrews caused me to happily ruminate on this book and its characters weeks after I finished it. I have a few quibbles—Nahri doesn’t have as much to do in the second half as in the first—but Chakraborty’s heck of a finale was both a surprise and felt completely right…and left me quivering with anticipation for the second book in the trilogy. —Adrian Liang, The Amazon Book Review

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Nahri, a common Cairo thief who can sense sickness in others and sometimes heal them, is thrust into a magical world when she accidentally summons a powerful djinn. The handsome Dara insists that he escort Nahri to the magical hidden Daevabad, the City of Brass, where Nahri will be protected by Prince Ali's family, who have the power of Suleiman's seal. Never sure whom to trust, Nahri must rely on her street smarts to survive the dangers of the beguiling city and the duplicitous natures of those who surround her. Chakraborty's compelling debut immerses readers in Middle Eastern folklore and an opulent desert setting while providing a rip-roaring adventure that will please even those who don't read fantasy. Though Nahri is in her early 20s, young adults will recognize themselves in her. The other narrator, Prince Ali, is an 18-year-old second son who doubts the current class structure of his kingdom. Chakraborty's meticulous research about Middle Eastern lore is evident, but readers won't be bogged down by excessive details. VERDICT A must-purchase fantasy for all libraries serving young adults.—Sarah Hill, Lake Land College, Mattoon, IL

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Harper Voyager; Reprint edition (November 14, 2017)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 14, 2017
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
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Shannon Chakraborty is the author of the critically acclaimed and internationally best-selling The Daevabad Trilogy. Her work has been translated into over a dozen languages and nominated for the Hugo, Locus, World Fantasy, Crawford, and Astounding awards. When not buried in books about medieval seafarers and con artists, she enjoys hiking, knitting, and re-creating unnecessarily complicated historical dishes. You can find her online at www.sachakraborty.com or on Twitter and Instagram at @SAChakrabooks, where she likes to talk about history, politics, and Islamic art. She currently lives in New Jersey with her husband, daughter, and an ever-increasing number of cats.

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In this story, Nahri is a thief and she dabbles in exorcising evil spirits from people even though she does not believe in any of that. One day, she mistakenly calls up the warrior djinn/daeva, Dara-- and the two of them go on a quest to the City of Brass where Dara believes Nahri will be well received.MY REACTION:----------------------------------------------------------I've had this book sitting in my room for maybe a year now and just decided to go ahead and read it. The book's pacing is perfect to me and often compared to One Thousand and One Nights. It's a build up of wonderful, complex characterization and worldbuilding as well as complex terms. The terms and histories threw me off at first because there is so much that is happening as far as the class of djinn/daeva and who started what war and who is allied with who, etc.But it did not deter me from the story. The story is of a young woman who has to leave her home, familiarity--all to learn more about her roots. Yes, there is some romantic tension between her and Dara and I enjoyed how it wasn't "too much" romance in here because I like sexual tension best in stories like these(Could be a love triangle forming though...not sure)Dara, on the other hand...was not what I expected. Yes, he comes off as strong and secretive, but nothing like the monster the legends made him out to be...until later in the book, and oh boy do we get a large dose of who Dara truly is! Wicked scenes played out in my head in full color, and I can totally see the book as a movie. Chakraborty wrote this one so well, that you can SEE what is happening. The writing is fluid and true.Then, the introduction of the second POV, Ali, was surprising because I thought the book would be told all from Nahri's point of view but it isn't. I was taken aback at first, but Ali is my bookworm spirit animal. He is wise, knowledgeable and can fight well too.Overall the book has amazing worldbuilding, complex characters and is unput-downable.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on November 22, 2017
    Wow! This book completely had be captivated from start to finish!

    Summary : A Middle Eastern influenced epic Fantasy that starts with Nahri, a cunning thief in Cairo, with hidden healing abilities who (while pretending to heal a possessed girl) accidentally awakens the evil spirit in the girl, and also calls upon a mysterious djinn warrior - who then reluctantly (but also insistently) protects her from terrifying creatures like Ifrits and ghouls, and takes her to the hidden and magnificent City of Brass, Daevabad.

    Our second point of view is through Ali, the passionate and kind hearted second prince of a Daevabad - a city with 6 diverse tribes of djinn barely holding on to peace after a centuries’ old war. His secret sympathies for the ill-treated mixed blood Shafit (half human/half djinn) put him in a conflicting position with his father, brother and other tribes.

    * Actually, there is no way to even scratch the surface with a summary on this book! The reimagined history and vast world-building, the deeply complex conflicts where no one is completely right or wrong, deep and compelling characters characters, incredible twists and revelations that will make your heart pound - this book has it all and more!

    Characters: I absolutely loved the characters! Nahri and Ali (total cinnamon roll, this one) were main characters that made me completely root for and feel for them. And then there’s Dara... the moody and haunted ‘Daeva’ warrior with a seriously complicated past - I can’t even begin to describe him. I think the book itself needs more pages (where is the sequel?? I need it!) for me to wrap my head around this one! Wow. But they were all so amazingly developed, and I loved the dynamics between them so much!

    And I really liked that there was romance (no triangle) - it’s not the main focus but it’s the kind that makes things more interesting, and I’m really really curious about what’ll happen with that in the next book!

    The supporting characters are also so well written and complex too! Even the tyrant king so that sometimes you forget he’s not a good guy! The very complicated but deeply loving sibling relationship between Ali and his brother (the crown prince) Muntadhir really tugged on my heart.
    Actually everyone and everything in this book took turns squeezing my poor heart and even crushing it a few times!

    And also, as an Arab woman and muslim, it felt amazing to read a book like this - which is so well researched and written (recognizing correct and well used terminology was a delight!).
    And I really appreciated the positive portrayal of Islam through the character of Ali - whose faith urges him to be more compassionate and fair. But even he is a flawed character, torn and conflicted.

    It is a world where everyone has their own views, beliefs, and way of looking at events - there is no clear right or wrong side, everything is multilayered, and the book is never biased with the conflicts it presents. That just creates and builds a really compelling story.

    * I really appreciated the diversity within this world! It’s set in one city that encompasses a variety of cultures inspired by African, Arabian, Chinese, Persian and South Asian! It’s in the characters’ appearances, languages, but also in the magical creatures in the story!
    Most (the main ones like the types of djinn - with every facet of folklore explored!) I’ve grown up hearing stories about, but then there were also new creatures from Persian, Egyptian, and Greek (I think?) mythology! It was so fascinating and a lot of fun!
    Oh, and there are magic carpet rides - what more can I want?

    Overall , this book had me completely enthralled! If you like rich worldbuilding, gray and multilayered characters, epic and complex story telling that will make you question everything in it and blow your mind, scenes that will make your heart pound, and unique and marvelous settings - you don’t want to miss this book! I didn’t want it to end! And now I’m desperate for the sequel and have no clue what to do with this massive book hangover!

    Also, if you enjoyed The Grisha Trilogy, Throne of Glass series, An Ember in the Ashes, The Wrath and the Dawn — this book has everything you loved in those, but it’s also refreshingly unique at the same time!
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  • Reviewed in the United States on June 6, 2024
    City of Brass was generally good, at times fantastic, but occasionally tedious. It’s the weakest in the series, but the series as a whole is 10/10.

    It starts out very strong. Our main character, Nahri is a con artist with magical abilities living on the streets of Cairo. She lives her life basically ignoring that she is different until she accidentally summons a djinn named Dara. She then discovers that she’s the half-blood (aka shafit) descendent of a thought to be extinct powerful family that Dara had dedicated his life to serving. Dara must put his prejudice against the shafit aside to protect Nahri and escort her to the djinn city of Daevabad. There she befriends the second born prince, Ali, and must take her place as the last member of her family.

    Some parts of this book were genuinely great. I really liked the chemistry between Dara and Nahri at first and thought the time they spent traveling to Daevabad was the most enjoyable. There’s a few months’ time jump during their travels, and I think readers could have benefited from getting to see the events during that time and watch Dara and Nahri’s friendship grow.

    Once they got to Daevabad it became less interesting. It was very dense with clan politics and culture, which was a lot to take in and at times could be boring. It seemed like very little happened in a large number of pages.

    I have mixed feelings about the characters as they aren’t the easiest to like. Ali is probably the most likable and my favorite character. He is a genuinely good, if sometimes misguided, person. I take issue with religion, so I wasn’t a huge fan of Ali’s devoutness, but overall he was easy to root for. I really enjoyed his friendship with Nahri.

    Nahri is a hard character to grasp and I feel that she could have used some more depth in this book. I enjoyed that she was smart and tough without being infallible. But I didn’t like that she didn’t seem to care or be particularly concerned about how the shafit were treated, especially since she was one. Even some internal monologue on the topic would have been welcome. The lack of it made her come across as shallow. I also wish she would have challenged Dara’s outlandish views more and wasn’t as blindly loyal to him. I wanted her to have more of her own opinions and be a person apart from Dara. At the end of the book, I still didn’t feel like I knew her.

    I really wanted to like Dara. And I did at first. After all, what’s not to like about an attractive, morally grey, tortured male main character with a tragic backstory? But the fact that he’s extremely prejudice with no signs of change makes him difficult to accept. Dara needed some more redeeming qualities or moments where we saw a better side of him. Though I expect my reaction is exactly what the author was aiming for. Still, I wish I could like him more.

    There’s a tiny bit of romance, but it’s definitely a fantasy rather than a romantasy. But don’t let that fool you into thinking it’s YA. This series is a fantastic example of an adult fantasy with limited romance. While young adults can certainly enjoy these books, I think more mature audiences will be able to fully appreciate the themes and characters. The target audience is adults, which I appreciate.

    Overall, some parts of book one are better than others, but this series as a whole is some of the best writing I’ve ever read. The 2nd and 3rd book are phenomenal and this series is one I recommend 100%.
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  • Mirella Monteiro
    5.0 out of 5 stars MEU DEUS!!
    Reviewed in Brazil on September 11, 2022
    assim que comecei esse livro entendi completamente porque tem tanta gente obcecada nele, ele simplesmente é MUITO bom, é um daqueles livros que o melhor é trajetória que você faz acompanhando os personagens. o caos dos últimos capítulos? IMPECÁVEL. não vejo a hora de ler o restante!!
  • Charlotte Watkins
    5.0 out of 5 stars An Utterly Immersive, Richly Imagined, Middle Eastern Inspired Fantasy Novel
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 28, 2024
    ’”There’s no magic, no djinn, no spirits waiting to eat us up. I’ve been doing my tricks long enough to learn none of it’s real.”’

    If you’re looking for an utterly immersive, vividly realised, Middle Eastern fantasy novel filled with djinn, daeva and numerous other mystical entities then look no further; ’The City Of Brass’ is undoubtedly the book for you. With a rich and fascinating world, complex and compelling characters and a plot that has enough twists to make your head spin the first book within ’The Daevabad Trilogy’ has something to delight pretty much any fantasy fan.

    What initially drew me towards this book and swiftly reeled me in is its Middle Eastern inspired setting; starting off in 18th century Cairo before turning to more mystical, yet similarly inspired, land. It was utterly delightful to discover the myriad mixture of mythical beings within this world and start to uncover the complicated dynamics involved within them. There’s past wars and current prejudices; there’s complex history and varying cultural beliefs. There’s politic turmoil and mesmerising magic. Altogether it’s a gloriously compelling world to immerse yourself within although I will admit that it can be a bit of a struggle initially to keep all of the terminology straight . With numerous different tribes within the famed City Of Brass, it takes time to familiarise yourself with everything. Yet I highly recommend sticking with it as familiarity will come, and the overall payoff is more than worth it.

    Character wise I loved the unexpectedly delightful mixture of individuals involved. Nahri has mysterious origins, a stubborn personality and a con artists eye given how she had to raise herself. Ali is the second prince, raised to protect his brother and keep balance within Daevabad; yet he can’t help but feel moved by the struggles of those deemed ‘lesser’ in his lands. Those two individuals make up the perspectives that you receive but there are many other standout characters to meet over the course of the novel too; including an impossibly old daeva that is likely to thrill and alarm you, quite possibly in equal measure.

    Then there’s the plot which utterly captivated me. Personally I didn’t think that there was a dull moment as I loved the banter between several of the characters and getting to naturally discover such a richly compelling and complex world. There’s lots of action and intrigue scattered throughout too however and a fair few moments that I certainly did not see coming. The stakes of this novel feel exceptionally high for the first within a series. It’s certainly one of those rare fantasy novels that gives you the sense that nobody is safe.

    Truthfully I could go on gushing about this novel but instead I’ll highlight just one other aspect of it that I particularly appreciated: the way that it managed to believably paint the prejudice and hardships of both sides in a clashing world. Throughout ’The City Of Brass’ you see the prejudice beliefs and attitudes of individuals on both sides of the Djinn/Daeva divide along with the suffering that comes as a consequence of it. There are horrors and atrocities – both past and present – within both sides of this conflict and I truly don’t know how it’ll ultimately pan out. It’s harrowing to read and truly pushes you to think about these kinds of conflict in a much more detailed light.

    So ultimately I certainly recommend checking out ’The City Of Brass’. Initially it may feel a little bit overwhelming to wrap your head around so many unfamiliar varying names but its one hundred percent worth sticking with it. The world is vividly rich and immersive, the plot compelling and studded with twists and the characters the sort that can worm their way beneath your skin. Simply put I cannot wait to carry on with this trilogy.
  • Jessica Suarez
    5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing
    Reviewed in Mexico on July 8, 2020
    Hace cientos de años seis tribus fueron creadas luego de una terrible guerra, Nahri está a punto de conocerlas. Por accidente ella convoca a un guerrero Djinn durante una de sus presentaciones, ahora ambos deben escapar del Cairo por el inminente peligro en el que se encuentran, el único lugar seguro es Daevabad, la legendaria City of brass. Nahri no sabe que ella está unida a esta ciudad y que su presencia ahí será toda una revelación.

    A pesar de los cientos de nombres de tribus que tuve que aprenderme, de ciudades, de criaturas míticas, de dialectos, de armas, de vestimenta, de palabras que se usan específicamente para algo, sin contar que tenia que estar adivinando si ciertas palabras eran inventadas o las podía traducir, realmente disfruté este libro. No saben lo bien construido que está el mundo en el que se desarrolla, todo es asombroso, quedé maravillada por el world building. La historia es realmente buena, porque en ocasiones se crea un buen universo pero la historia no es convincente, City of brass no es uno de esos libros, los personajes se ganaron mi corazón, la historia me mantuvo súper enganchada de principio a fin, y hace mucho no me pasaba eso, reí, sufrí, gocé, me enamoré. Tienen que leer este libro.
    Cabe aclarar que este es un libro introductorio a todo lo demás que sea que vaya a ocurrir, nos ponen en contexto con acontecimientos del pasado y con todo el mundo que conforma está trilogía, eso no quiere decir que sea un libro aburrido donde solo se enseña la historia de Daevabad.

    Yo le doy 4.8 de 5 ⭐ porque me hubiera gustado que se desarrollara un poco más la interacción de ciertos personajes antes de crear una amistad, digo, con 4 veces que interactúen no pueden crear un súper vínculo.
    La mala noticia es que este libro por ahora solamente está en inglés, si leen en inglés no duden en comprarlo.
  • Amazon Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Read it twice! Amazing world building and interesting characters.
    Reviewed in Canada on February 22, 2019
    Took this out from my local library. As a general rule, because I live in an immensely small space, I only buy a book if I find myself re-reading it 2-3 times first. On my third read of City of Brass, I decided it was time to buy it for my collection.

    I really enjoy the world building here; there's a clear divide between worlds within the book, but their coexistence is explained simply and wonderfully. I found the characters rich and diverse, their motives interesting and less predictable than other novels of the same "found fantasy" genre, and though there IS a romantic subplot, it was not the main focus of the plot itself, and it didn't feel too forced.

    Read this book if you enjoy character-based journeys in richly cultured fantasy lands, a little political intrigue, and a lot of magic. If you like other, similar fantasy novels, you will love this one.
  • Sumaiya Khatoon
    5.0 out of 5 stars Highly recommended for fantasy lovers..
    Reviewed in India on October 21, 2020
    4.75/5

    Not gonna lie but the first half of this book was incredibly slow and confusing as hell. I kept turning to the glossary , re-read certain portions and even take notes in order to keep myself up to date with the information overload.
    But all that hardwork paid Off because of the delicious second half . All that build up seemed necessary and I couldn’t help myself craving for more.. hence, immediately started reading kingdom of copper..

    Highly recommended for all fantasy lovers ..
    and for all impatient readers, I urge you to keep going till the halfway mark, I guarantee you are going to love this book and forgive the slow start..
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    Sumaiya Khatoon
    5.0 out of 5 stars Highly recommended for fantasy lovers..
    Reviewed in India on October 21, 2020
    4.75/5

    Not gonna lie but the first half of this book was incredibly slow and confusing as hell. I kept turning to the glossary , re-read certain portions and even take notes in order to keep myself up to date with the information overload.
    But all that hardwork paid Off because of the delicious second half . All that build up seemed necessary and I couldn’t help myself craving for more.. hence, immediately started reading kingdom of copper..

    Highly recommended for all fantasy lovers ..
    and for all impatient readers, I urge you to keep going till the halfway mark, I guarantee you are going to love this book and forgive the slow start..
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