Nahri's life changed forever the moment she accidentally summoned Dara a formidable
mysterious djinn during one of her schemes. Whisked away from her home in Cairo she was
thrust into the dazzling royal court of Daevabad?and quickly discovered she would need all her
grifter instincts to survive there. Now with Daevabad entrenched in the dark aftermath of a
devastating battle Nahri must forge a new path for herself. But even as she embraces her
heritage and the power it holds she knows she's been trapped in a gilded cage watched by a
king who rules from the throne that once belonged to her family?and one misstep will doom her
tribe. Meanwhile Ali has been exiled for daring to defy his father. Hunted by assassins and
adrift on the unforgiving copper sands of his ancestral land he must rely on the frightening
abilities the marid?the unpredictable water spirits?have gifted him. But in doing so he risks
unearthing a terrible secret his family has long kept buried.And as a new century approaches
and the djinn gather within Daevabad's towering brass walls for a great celebration a threat
brews unseen in the desolate north. It's a force that would bring a storm of fire straight to
the city's gates . . . and one that seeks the aid of a warrior caught between worlds torn
between a violent duty he can never escape and a peace he fears he will never deserve.
