Reviewįrom the very first chapter of A Master of Djinn, I was completely engrossed. His dangerous magical abilities instigate unrest in the streets of Cairo that threaten to spill over onto the global stage.Īlongside her Ministry colleagues and her clever girlfriend Siti, Agent Fatma must unravel the mystery behind this imposter to restore peace to the city – or face the possibility he could be exactly who he seems…. This murderer claims to be al-Jahiz, returned to condemn the modern age for its social oppressions. Al-Jahiz transformed the world 50 years ago when he opened up the veil between the magical and mundane realms, before vanishing into the unknown. So when someone murders a secret brotherhood dedicated to one of the most famous men in history, al-Jahiz, Agent Fatma is called onto the case. Djèlí Clark returns to his popular alternate Cairo universe for his fantasy novel debut, A Master of DjinnĬairo, 1912: Though Fatma el-Sha’arawi is the youngest woman working for the Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments and Supernatural Entities, she’s certainly not a rookie, especially after preventing the destruction of the universe last summer. (I haven’t read them yet, but they’re on my list now.) In the end, I picked up the audiobook version of A Master of Djinn and loved it! So much so that I may have to buy myself a physical copy of the book now I’ll also need to read those three novellas soon. Although this is the first full-length novel in the Dead Djinn Universe series, it was preceded by three novellas.

One of my most anticipated books of May was A Master of Djinn by P.

A master of djinn by p djèlí clark