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. In an alternate Cairo infused with the otherworldly, the Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments and Supernatural Entities investigate disturbances between the mortal and the (possibly) divine. With this fantastic feat of postcolonial imagination, Clark reconfigures history with a keen, critical eye toward gender, class, and imperialism. Djl Clark 4.02 14,669 ratings2,471 reviews Egypt, 1912. 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.
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.
The worldbuilding is absolutely top-notch. The two biggest strengths of Master of Djinn are worldbuilding and colorful characters. His short stories have appeared in online venues such as Tor.com, Heroic Fantasy Quarterly, Beneath. Book Review: This is a great romp, and really fun The plot keeps moving at a good clip, there’s a lot of interconnectivity between the players and set pieces, and it’s very well written. 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. Phenderson Djli Clark is the author of the novel A Master of Djinn, and the award-winning and Hugo, Nebula, and Sturgeon nominated author of the novellas Ring Shout, The Black God’s Drums and The Haunting of Tram Car 015. 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.
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