Gary K Wolfe and Liz Bourke Review A Master of Djinn by P Djèlí Clark locusmag.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from locusmag.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
P. Djèlí Clark has been one of my auto-buy authors for a few years now, so when I heard he was putting out a full-length novel (finally!), I jumped at the chance to review it. Of all his works, his Dead Djinn series is my favorite. I’m a sucker for urban fantasy mysteries, and especially drawn to those with locales, leads, and legends who aren’t white and Western/European/British. Happily for me,
A Master of Djinn did not disappoint.
What began as a short story about Fatma el-Sha’arawi and Siti investigating a mechanical angel attempting to use the Clock of Worlds has now grown into a second short story, a novella, and now a full length novel,
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Orfeia Joanne M Harris (Gollancz)
So begins a beautiful and tragic quest as a heartbroken mother sets out to save her lost daughter, through the realms of the real, of dream, and even into the underworld itself. But determination alone is not enough. For to save something precious, she must give up something precious, be it a song, a memory, or her freedom itself…