The Daevabad Trilogy

The City of Brass introduces Nahri, a Cairo street-survivor whose gift for healing and con artistry she has always dismissed as tricks — until an accidental summoning during a ceremony brings Dara, a djinn warrior, into her life and pulls her toward the legendary hidden city of Daevabad.

Her arrival ignites centuries of suppressed tribal resentment and forces an idealistic young prince named Ali into an impossible position between family and justice.

A rich, immersive fantasy debut that rewards patient readers with one of the most fully realised world-buildings in modern epic fantasy.

Trapped in the gilded cage of Daevabad after a devastating battle, clever hustler Nahri must navigate lethal royal politics and embrace her ancestral power under the watchful eye of a ruthless king. Meanwhile, the exiled prince Ali flees hunted across the desert, struggling to survive. Rich in Middle Eastern mythology and intricate court intrigue, The Kingdom of Copper delivers a thrilling tale of dangerous bloodlines and shifting allegiances.

The Empire of Gold brings the trilogy's three principals — Nahri, Ali, and Dara — to their reckoning as Daevabad lies conquered and every alliance they once trusted has frayed or broken.

Nahri and Ali, stranded in Cairo, must choose whether to return and fight for a city that has given them as much pain as belonging; Dara must face the full weight of what he has done in the name of a cause he believed righteous.

A bittersweet, philosophically rich finale that does not flinch from the cost of war or the limits of ideology.