',An extravagant feast of a book - spicy a nd bloody, dizzyingly magical, a nd still, somehow, utterly believable', Laini Taylo r , Sunday Times a nd New Yo r k Times bestselling autho r

Among the bustling markets of eighteenth century Cairo, the city',s outcasts eke out a living swindling rich Ottoman nobles a nd fo r eign invaders alike.

But alongside this new wo r ld the old sto r ies linger. Tales of djinn a nd spirits. Of cities hidden among the swirling sa nds of the desert, full of enchantment, desire a nd riches. wh ere magic pours down every street, hanging in the air like dust.

Many wish their lives could be filled with such wonder, but not Nahri. She knows the trades she uses to get by are just tricks a nd sleights of ha nd: there',s nothing magical about them. She only wishes to one day leave Cairo, but as the saying goes...

Be careful what you wish fo r .