NEW BOOK ALERT! S.A Chakraborty's THE CITY OF BRASS is out now!

A big congrats to our very own S.A Chakraborty, whose debut novel, THE CITY OF BRASS, has just been published by Harper Voyager.

The synopsis:

Nahri has never believed in magic. Certainly, she has power; on the streets of 18th century Cairo, she’s a con woman of unsurpassed talent. But she knows better than anyone that the trade she uses to get by — palm readings, zars, healings — are all tricks, sleights of hand, learned skills; a means to the delightful end of swindling Ottoman nobles.

But when Nahri accidentally summons an equally sly, darkly mysterious djinn warrior to her side during one of her cons, she’s forced to accept that the magical world she thought only existed in childhood stories is real. For the warrior tells her a new tale: across hot, windswept sands teeming with creatures of fire, and rivers where the mythical marid sleep; past ruins of once-magnificent human metropolises, and mountains where the circling hawks are not what they seem, lies Daevabad, the legendary city of brass?a city to which Nahri is irrevocably bound.

In that city, behind gilded brass walls laced with enchantments, behind the six gates of the six djinn tribes, old resentments are simmering. And when Nahri decides to enter this world, she learns that true power is fierce and brutal. That magic cannot shield her from the dangerous web of court politics. That even the cleverest of schemes can have deadly consequences.

After all, there is a reason they say be careful what you wish for...

Even before its release, THE CITY OF BRASS had garnered a lot of attention and praise. It made Paste Magazine's "Ten Most Anticipated Books of November 2017,". It also earned a starred review from Kirkus, which called this novel ​"Highly impressive and exceptionally promising,". The Library journal called it a "beautifully constructed world that will entrance fantasy aficionados.” 

S. (Shannon) A. Chakraborty is a NY-based speculative fiction writer and history buff. When not buried in books about Mughal portraiture and Omani history, she enjoys hiking, knitting, and recreating unnecessarily complicated, medieval meals for her family. You can find her online most frequently at Twitter (@SChakrabs) where she likes to ramble about history, politics, and Islamic art. You can also keep up with her on her author website.

We can all show our support by buying her book! You can get it everywhere books are sold, including Amazon. Double up your support by dropping a review there or on Goodreads.