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REVIEW: The Hidden Palace: A Novel of the Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker

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In this enthralling historical epic, set in New York City and the Middle East in the years leading to World War I— the long-awaited follow-up to the acclaimed New York Times bestseller The Golem and the Jinni—Helene Wecker revisits her beloved characters Chava and Ahmad as they confront unexpected new ... more >

REVIEW: A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark

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Forty years ago in Egypt, the mystic and inventor Al-Jahiz pierced the veil between realms, sending magic into the world before vanishing into the unknown. Now in 1912 Cairo, humans brush elbows with djinn in crowded tramcars and airships sail the skies. In this new world the Egyptian Ministry of ... more >

REVIEW: The Haunting of Tram Car 015 by P. Djèlí Clark

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Cairo, 1912: The case started as a simple one for the Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments and Supernatural Entities — handling a possessed tram car. Soon, however, Agent Hamed Nasr and his new partner Agent Onsi Youssef are exposed to a new side of Cairo stirring with suffragettes, secret societies, and ... more >

REVIEW: The Desert of Souls by Howard Andrew Jones

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The glittering tradition of sword-and-sorcery sweeps into the sands of ancient Arabia with the heart-stopping speed of a whirling dervish in this thrilling debut novel from new talent Howard Andrew Jones In 8th century Baghdad, a stranger pleads with the vizier to safeguard the bejeweled treasure he carries, but he ... more >

REVIEW: A Dead Djinn in Cairo by P. Djèlí Clark

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Egypt, 1912. In Cairo, the Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments and Supernatural Entities investigate disturbances between the mortal and the (possibly) divine. What starts off as an odd suicide case for Special Investigator Fatma el-Sha’arawi leads her through the city’s underbelly as she encounters rampaging ghouls, saucy assassins, clockwork angels, and ... more >

REVIEW: Shadow’s End by Thea Harrison

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Dear Thea Harrison, Graydon has been my favourite of the Sentinels ever since I read and loved Dragon Bound so I was very excited to finally read his book (even if the cover model, pretty as he is, looks nothing like him). I was happy to see Graydon get his ... more >

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