The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi: A new fantasy series set a thousand years before The City of Brass [Hardcover]

A thrilling, transportative adventure that is everything promised—Chakraborty's storytelling is fantasy at its best.  R.F. Kuang, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Babel and The Poppy War

An exhilarating, propulsive adventure, stitched from the threads of real history, Aminas adventures are the reason to read fantasy.  Ava Reid, internationally bestselling author of Juniper & Thorn

Shannon Chakraborty, the bestselling author of The City of Brass, spins a new trilogy of magic and mayhem on the high seas in this compelling historical fantasy tale of pirates and sorcerers, forbidden artifacts and ancient mysteries, in one womans determined quest to seize a final chance at glory—and write her own legend.

Amina al-Sirafi should be content. After a storied and scandalous career as one of the Indian Oceans most notorious female pirates, shes 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 shes tracked down by the obscenely wealthy mother of a former crewman, shes offered a job no bandit could refuse: retrieve her comrades kidnapped daughter for a kingly sum. The chance to have one last job and a final adventure with her crew, do right by an old friend, and win a fortune that will secure her familys future forever? It seems like such an obvious choice that it must be Gods will.

Sheer joy, with quirky characters, spooky monsters, sprightly banter, and swashbuckling that puts Sindbad to shame. -Kirkus Reviews?(starred review)

“Simply put, this book rules. Even within the first few pages, I kept having to put it down to kick and scream into a pillow like a schoolgirl with a crush. . . The adventure is pure, unparalleled fun, and everything you could possibly want in a pirate story. TherelCh