A Dead Djinn in Cairo

by P. Djèlí Clark

eBook, 32 pages

English language

Published May 17, 2016 by Tom Doherty Associates.

Egypt, 1912. In Cairo, 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 a plot that could unravel time itself.

9 editions

Flauschbuch reviewed A Dead Djinn in Cairo by P. Djèlí Clark (Dead Djinn Universe, #0.1)

Intriguing

4 stars

Nice little noir-style story set in an intriguing, complex urban fantasy world. The scope of the story and the richness of the setting would have merited a bit more length. I'm looking forward to the other stories set in this world (my book club will read "Master of Djinn" later this year).

Martijn Reintjes reviewed A Dead Djinn in Cairo: A Tor.Com Original by P. Djèlí Clark

Review of 'A Dead Djinn in Cairo' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Lovely little intro into an interesting world.
If I was in the market for a fantasy series, I would seriously give this a go.
But for now, I really enjoyed this story!