A Master of Djinn: 1 (Dead Djinn Universe)

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Ring of Power: The false Al-Jahiz it turns out has a ring which can control djinn, thus using their power for his benefit. Note to Self: Fatma and Haida write notes to themselves telling them to remember Sulayman's ring, which has a spell making it very difficult for humans to remember. Y con esos mimbres me hace un cesto de los baratos, de los que usas pero se te rompen, de los que tiene buena pinta pero no cumplen. Plot: Seriously, this world is so enchanting. It’s one of those books where the setting kind of becomes the plot because every moment you are unsure what magic is going to pop up next. The blend of genres is seamless and was able to captivate even my short, impatient attention span.

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Villain Respect: Abigail tells Fatma she admires her after being buried alive together in rubble, after Abigail's been revealed to be the main villain. Fatma does not reciprocate. Donde la cosa se va al carajo es en la trama, mas simple que el mecanismo de un chupete y con giros de guión que se ven venir a lo lejos.And that is a lot. There are so many things I absolutely felt as though I'd *combust* if I didn't have someone to talk about them to! But it really isn't fair to say what happened on the palace roof until you've been there. Ah!, sí, que me da rabia que metan el concepto de steampunk para darle aliciente y luego no pinte nada en la novela. Que por decir en la novela que la sociedad tiene dirigibles y mecanismos de relojería y que es 1912 no se consigue el calificativo de steampunk. But I’d finished writing that story in Nov 2016 and turned to BGD soon after. I didn’t truly return to the Dead Djinn world until almost a year later, in the summer of 2017. I’d gotten through my first year as a junior scholar. I’d signed a contract for BGD. Things were looking good in both worlds, that had somehow taken off at the same time. That summer, I presented academic papers at conferences in the Caribbean and Spain, and had research trips planned for England. Oh, my wife and I were also looking into buying a house–in New England. Like a Stephen King movie. I don’t know when exactly I decided to do so, but one night before dinner, while in Granada, Spain (dinner is fairly late in Spain) I sat down with my laptop and started making a timeline of the Dead Djinn world. Soup to nuts. Ate, drank, had convo with scholars, returned to it in the morning and faster than you can down a caña, I had it done. It was like having a map that I kept in bits and pieces in my head, now laid out before me.

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Once I’d gotten through that story, I knew an entire novel set in this world was in the making. I just had to dream it up. I started thinking on ideas as early as that summer 2017. Jotted down notes, here and there. In late 2017, I sat down and sketched out the whole novel in a broad outline. The characters. The plot. The climax. All of it. Even the name– A Master of Djinn. Just had to write it, which primarily got done (once again) during the summer months. This also coincided with the arrival of my twin daughters–weeks early. The second half of summer and much of the Fall was spent between NICUs and learning how to be a new Dad–all of which was rewarding, beautiful, at times harrowing, and serious WORK. And I wouldn’t trade it for anything in the world. Love them little fighters!The best way to describe A Master of Djinn is probably absolute gonzo pulp. Anti-colonial, anti-racist pulp (so very unlike old-style pulp), with a thoughtful heart and a deep appreciation for weird and bonkers world building elements. Clark evokes the messiness and complexity of (a version of) Cairo city, a society in constant flux, one that’s still grap­pling with what the last 40 years of progress mean. A Master of Djinn is one part mystery story, one part political thriller, and five parts action-adventure: Clark has a gift for compelling characters whose flaws as people make them all the more real, and all the more interesting. He has a gift, too, for deft and evocative turns of phrase, telling detail, and the kind of pacing that keeps you reading all in a rush, without ever feeling overly hectic or too fast to take everything in: I read A Master of Djinn in a single afternoon, and it broke a long spell where I had dif­ficulty reading any fiction at all. Será para muchos satisfactoria y para otros será maravillosa. Recomiendo sus relatos como manera de catar al autor.