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“This follows on from the short story A Dead Djinn in Cairo. We’re in 1912 Cairo. All the global politics of the real world is underway there, but inconveniently, djinn are real and rampaging around the city. Phatma is part of the government ministry responsible for keeping them under control. She’s sassy, she’s excellent at her job, she gets herself in trouble. It’s a great ride.” Read more...
What could be better than 1912 Cairo for the setting of a steampunk fantasy where djinn and mechanical angels coexist with humans? Fatma, the youngest woman to work for The Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments and Supernatural Entities is on the occult murder trail of a deathly sect. Her partners provide more comic relief than clues to this whodunnit, where colonialism, mythology, religion and social standing all create an unexpected warp and weft to a spellbinding tapestry of a crime thriller.
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