Shannon Chakraborty, the bestselling author of The City of Brass, spins a new trilogy of magic and mayhem on the high seas in this tale of pirates and sorcerers, forbidden artifacts and ancient mysteries, in one womanâs determined quest to seize a final chance at gloryâand write her own legend.
Amina al-Sirafi should be content. After a storied and scandalous career as one of the Indian Oceanâs most notorious pirates, sheâs survived backstabbing rogues, vengeful merchant princes, several husbands, and one actual demon to retire peacefully with her family to a life of piety, motherhood, and absolutely nothing that hints of the supernatural.
But when sheâs tracked down by the obscenely wealthy mother of a former crewman, sheâs offered a job no bandit could refuse: retrieve her comradeâs kidnapped daughter for a kingly sum. The chance to have one last adventure with her crew, do right by an old friend, and win a fortune that will secure her familyâs future forever? It seems like such an obvious choice that it must be Godâs will.
Yet the deeper Amina dives, the more it becomes alarmingly clear thereâs more to this job, and the girlâs disappearance, than she was led to believe. For thereâs always risk in wanting to become a legend, to seize one last chance at glory, to savor just a bit more powerâŚand the price might be your very soul.
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