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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I just finished up Empire of Gold by S.A. Chakraborty. It's the last in her Daevabad Trilogy, an immensely entertaining work drawing from legends and myths from the Middle East. It's filled with political intrigue, memorable characters with well developed internality, and detailed world building.

It's good stuff! I had a lot of fun reading it, it's a little different than typical fare with the Middle Eastern background, and Chakraborty has an eye for plotting and characters that kept me going through a lengthy tale. I'm looking forward to reading her collection of short stories in the universe, River of Silver, and the Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi, a novel set a thousand years before this trilogy.