Here’s one I’ve been meaning to read for a while, but only just managed to get around to. It seems to tick a lot of boxes in what I like to read – a story set in an alternative Cairo in 1912 that involves ancient cultures and cosmic creatures from other realms. Think of the archaeological world of Indiana Jones, at about the time of the Tutankhamun tomb discovery, but with a genre twist.
From the publisher: “Egypt, 1912. 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. 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 plot that could unravel time itself.”