Discover this captivating debut by S.A. Chakraborty.

"An extravagant feast of a book – spicy and bloody, dizzyingly magical yet somehow completely believable." – Laini Taylor, bestselling author of the Sunday Times and New York Times.

Amid the bustling markets of eighteenth-century Cairo, the city's outsiders struggle to survive by conning wealthy Ottoman nobles and foreign invaders.

Yet alongside this new world, the old stories linger. Tales of djinn and spirits. Of cities hidden beneath the swirling sands of the desert, filled with magic, longing, and wealth. Where magic flows down every street and hangs in the air like dust.

Many wish their lives could be filled with such wonder, but not Nahri. She knows that the tricks she uses to get by are merely illusions and sleight of hand; there’s nothing magical about it. She only wishes to leave Cairo one day, but as the saying goes...

Be careful what you wish for.