A Dead Djinn in Cairo: A Tor.Com Original

P. Djèlí Clark

May 2016 · Sold by Macmillan

About this ebook

Alex Award-winning author P. Djèlí Clark, A Dead Djinn in Cairo is a Tor.com original historcal fantasy set in an alternate early twentieth century infused with the otherworldly.

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.

At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Ratings and reviews

I was recommended this book cause I was looking to read a book set in a desert. however I found much more. I love the world, even though it's a short novella I didn't feel there being huge info dumps and could easily keep pace with what was going on. I liked the characters, especially the main character, a female dressed in a suit during a time when men didn't like that and she's sassy as all hell about it. I might very well have to dive into this entire series

A decent short story in the "alternative history" vein, overall rather clever, though perhaps hemmed in a bit by the short story form. Some unusual and inventive use of Middle Eastern folklore and culture.

Brilliant rolliking story. A new different yet familiar world. Love the character of the detective and others. Too short though. Left wanting more story and to learn more about the characters

About the author

P. Djèlí Clark is a writer of speculative fiction. Born in Queens, New York, he has lived alternatively in Staten Island, Brooklyn, Texas and the Caribbean. His stories have appeared in online publications such as Daily Science Fiction, Every Day Fiction, Heroic Fantasy Quarterly, and elsewhere. He has also contributed short stories to anthologies such as the Griots: A Sword and Soul Anthology and Griots: Sisters of the Spear, co-edited by Milton Davis and the pioneering Charles Saunders. Professionally, Clark is a doctoral candidate in history who focuses on issues of slavery and emancipation in the Atlantic World. He currently resides in Washington D.C., and ruminates on issues of diversity in speculative fiction at his blog The Disgruntled Haradrim.