The City of Brass
- 544
- Pages
- about 10 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“The City of Brass” draws its strength from its world. Eighteenth-century Cairo, djinn and a legendary city whose politics are as dangerous as its magic are all rooted in Middle Eastern myth, and Nahri, a con artist who gets by on her wits, is a lively guide. Some readers find the first half slow and the outline of the plot familiar, yet end up gripped and ready for the next book of the trilogy.
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About the book
On the streets of eighteenth-century Cairo, Nahri is a con woman of unsurpassed skill. She makes her living swindling Ottoman nobles, hoping to one day earn enough to change her fortunes. But when Nahri accidentally summons Dara, an equally sly, darkly mysterious djinn warrior, during one of her cons, she learns that even the cleverest of schemes can have deadly consequences. Forced to flee Cairo, Dara and Nahri journey together 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 birds of prey are more than what they seem, to Daevabad, the legendary city of brass. It’s a city steeped in magic and fire, where blood can be as dangerous as any spell; a city where old resentments run deep and the royal court rules with a tenuous grip; a city to which Nahri is irrevocably bound—and where her very presence threatens to ignite a war that has been simmering for centuries.
Reading order · The Daevabad Trilogy
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Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.1 across 649 ratings. With that many, the reader vote carries 82% of the weight and the score stays at 8.0 — the Fantasy average of 8.0 barely moves it.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.3 | 23 | 4% |
| Hardcover | 8.1 | 626 | 97% |
Frequently asked
How long is The City of Brass?
It has 544 pages — longer than 52% of the ranked books in Fantasy.
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