The epic first book in a swashbuckling new fantasy series from the bestselling author of THE CITY OF BRASS
Shannon Chakraborty is the author of the critically acclaimed and internationally best-selling The Daevabad Trilogy. Her work has been translated into over a dozen languages and nominated for the Hugo, Locus, World Fantasy, Crawford, and Astounding awards. When not buried in books about thirteenth-century con artists and Abbasid political intrigue, she enjoys hiking, knitting, and re-creating unnecessarily complicated medieval meals. You can find her online at www.sachakraborty.com or on Twitter and Instagram at @SAChakrabooks, where she likes to talk about history, politics, and Islamic art. She currently lives in New Jersey with her husband, daughter, and an ever-increasing number of cats.
‘A thrilling, transportive adventure that is everything promised –
Chakraborty’s storytelling is fantasy at its best.’
R.F Kuang, the SUNDAY AND NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author of
BABEL ‘Chakraborty's seafaring adventure is pure incandescence and
adrenaline. Readers will leave these pages with their lungs full of
ocean air, their fingertips glittered with magic and their hearts a
little heavier for being both smitten and heartbroken by its finely
drawn, poignant cast of characters. This is a book I will daydream
of for years to come’ Roshani Chokshi, NEW YORK TIMES bestselling
author of THE GILDED WOLVES ‘Chakraborty delivers again with a
captivating story of motherhood, faith, friendship, dangerous
magic, and hijinks on the high seas. Amina al-Sirafi is now my
favorite pirate captain and I’m on board to follow all her
adventures’
Fonda Lee, author of THE GREEN BONE SAGA ‘Chakraborty’s latest
unfurls like a scroll of ancient parchment, conjuring
realer-than-life monsters, menacing magic, and a heroine with a
gnarled, beating heart. An exhilarating, propulsive adventure,
stitched from the threads of real history, Amina’s adventures are
the reason to read fantasy. I’ll follow this captain and her crew
anywhere’
Ava Reid, internationally bestselling author of THE WOLF AND THE
WOODSMAN ‘A marvellous and enthralling tale filled with wonders
(and horrors), the best of which is Amina herself: witty,
conflicted, loyal, ambitious, (mostly) honest, (occasionally)
foul-mouthed, and so very relatable as she struggles to save
herself, her crew, and the family she loves but so often left
behind’
Kate Elliott, author of UNCONQUERABLE SUN and SERVANT MAGE
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