THE EMPIRE OF GOLD - The Daevabad Trilogy (3)

The final chapter in the bestselling critically acclaimed Daevabad Trilogy in which a con-woman and an idealistic djinn prince join forces to save a magical kingdom from a devastating civil war.Daevabad has fallen.After a brutal conquest stripped the city of its magic Nahid leader Banu Manizheh and her resurrected commander Dara must try to repair their fraying alliance and stabilize a fractious warring people.But the death of his people and loss of his beloved Nahri have unleashed the worst demons of Dara’s dark past. To vanquish them he must face some ugly truths about his history and put himself at the mercy of those he once considered enemies.Having narrowly escaped their murderous families and Daevabad’s deadly politics Nahri and Ali now safe in Cairo face difficult choices of their own. Though Nahri is finding peace in the rhythms of her old home she is haunted by the knowledge that the loved ones she left behind and the people who considered her a savior are at the mercy of a new tyrant.Ali too cannot help but look back and is determined to return to rescue his city and the family that remains.As peace grows more elusive and old players return Nahri Ali and Dara come to understand that in order to remake the world they may need to fight those they once loved…and take a stand for those they once hurt.Shannon Chakraborty's book 'The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi' was a No.2 Sunday Times bestseller w/c 27-02-2023.