Description
Newest mystery-adventure set in an alternate alchemy-infused Cairo, from the brilliant imagination of rising SFF star P. Djeli Clark
About the Author
Born in New York and raised mostly in Houston, P. Djeli Clark spent the formative years of his life in the homeland of his parents, Trinidad and Tobago. His writing has appeared in Daily Science Fiction, Heroic Fantasy Quarterly, Lightspeed, Tor.com and in print anthologies including Griots I & II, Steamfunk, Myriad Lands and Hidden Youth. He currently resides in a small castle in Hartford, CT with his wife Danielle and a rambunctious Boston Terrier named Beres. Website: pdjeliclark.wordpress.com Twitter: @pdjeliclark
Awards
Commended for Hugo Award (Novella) 2020.
Book Information
ISBN 9781250294807
Author P. Djeli Clark
Format Paperback
Page Count 160
Imprint St Martin's Press
Publisher St Martin's Press
Weight(grams) 169g
Dimensions(mm) 202mm * 125mm * 10mm
Reviews
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Don't deliberate, just buy it!
I'm loving this world, Mr Clark truly has something quite unique here. This book is the second offering in an alternate Cairo of 1912 series. This time out we join a new cast of characters from the Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments, and Supernatural Entities, and although I was hoping to revisit with Agent Fatma, from the first book, I quickly came to enjoy this new duo. The author was able to take a lot more time to linger in this story, lavish a little more detail and character into the goings-on and to expand upon his world, but managed not to force-feed us too much. Again, in this book as he did in its predecessor, the duo's sidekick steals a lot of the limelight by virtue of his character, he simply jumps off the page with depth, yes, even more intriguing than the main character. Which I personally very much enjoy, it gives the starring characters a far better dynamic as a team I think, as the main character doesn't dominate your thoughts when contemplating what may be over the next page. If I were to choose which book is best, Dead Djinn in Cairo or The Haunting of Tram Car 015, I would have to admit the former wins. But this isn't a competition, both books are fantastic reads. And I appreciate the fact that you could read each independently of the other. This all bodes well for the upcoming full length novel, and I can't wait to get my hands on it.