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I loved A Dead Djinn in Cairo, so I was really excited to get back to that steampunk world - and this book did not disappoint! Fatma - whom I loved in “Dead Djinn” - is not a main character here, but I enjoyed Agent Hamed & his young trainee Agent Onsi almost as much.
Once again, we are plunged into an alternate, steampunk-esque 1912 in Egypt, after a hole has been punched through dimensions, and djinn and other supernatural creatures are now commonplace.
Hamed is a bit of a stuffed shirt, but he ...more
Once again, we are plunged into an alternate, steampunk-esque 1912 in Egypt, after a hole has been punched through dimensions, and djinn and other supernatural creatures are now commonplace.
Hamed is a bit of a stuffed shirt, but he ...more
I picked this up after greatly enjoying Clark's previous steampunk Cairo story, "A Dead Djinn in Cairo." That story (about half the length of this one) did an amazing job of evoking a magic-n-steampunk 1912 Cairo while telling a fast-paced story featuring a compelling protagonist. I was disappointed that this one features two new investigators from the Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments and Supernatural Entities. It's a kind of classic veteran cop, rookie, pairing, and while they are likable enou
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This novella is fantastic -- great worldbuilding, funny, the type of novella you sink into and then when it's done and you come up for air you do what I did, which is also get every other one of this author's book on hold at the library.
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