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Special thanks to my Patrons on Patreon for giving me extra support towards my passion for reading and reviewing! You can find the rest of my reviews at Novel Notions | I also have a Booktube channel Picture: A Dead Djinn in Cairo by Kevin Hong If I’m not mistaken, the author has written a novelette (this one), short story, and novella as prequels to the main novel, and I’m going to read them in that order. It’s all so intriguing, and A Dead Djinn in Cairo is free to read on. I mean, there’s magic, technologies, airships, alchemy, djinn, ghuls, angels with mechanical parts, and more. It’s such a refreshing setting to read Clark combined fantasy and sci-fi into this novelette, and I can’t want to see it explored further. It’s a brief story, but there’s more than enough intrigues packed into the narrative, especially the world-building. The year is 1912, and we follow Special Investigator Fatma el-Sha’arawi as she tries to solve a murder mystery. How cool is that? A Dead Djinn in Cairo takes place in, well, an alternate Cairo. Some said even now he traveled the many worlds, sowing chaos wherever he went.” He later disappeared, taking his incredible machines with him. His purpose for doing so-curiosity, mischief, or malice-remained unknown. “It was al-Jahiz who, through mysticism and machines, bore a hole to the Kaf, the other-realm of the djinn. I do believe that the purpose of this novelette is to attain reader’s interest in the character, premise, and definitely world-building, and on these matters, Clark has earned my interest. Now, there’s a lot of limitation put into this novelette, and its short length doesn’t allow many rooms for exploration. Because of that, I decided to give A Dead Djinn in Cairo a try first. Djèlí Clark is highly praised and quite popular right now, but I felt a bit apprehensive plenty of hyped debut novel in bookish social media has disappointed me.

A Dead Djinn in Cairo was so interesting seems like I have to give A Master of Djinn a try after all.Ī Master of Djinn by P.

A Dead Djinn in Cairo by P. Djèlí Clark