Showing results for "Djinn" in Fantasy

Egypt, 1912. In an alternate Cairo infused with the otherworldly, the Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments, and Supernatural Entities investigate disturbances between the mortal and the (possibly) divine. What starts off as an odd suicide case for Special Investigator Fatma el-Sha’arawi leads her through the city’s underbelly as she encounters rampaging ghouls, saucy assassins, clockwork angels, and plot that could unravel time itself, in P. Djèlí Clark's Tor.Com Original, A Dead Djinn in Cairo.

Indelbed is a lonely kid living in a crumbling mansion in the super-dense, super-chaotic third-world capital of Bangladesh. His father, Dr. Kaikobad, is the black sheep of their clan. A drunken loutish widower, he refuses to allow Indelbed go to school, and the only thing Indelbed knows about his mother is the official cause of her early demise: "Death by Indelbed". But when Dr. Kaikobad falls into a supernatural coma, Indelbed and his older cousin, the wise-cracking slacker Rais, learn that Indelbed's dad was in fact a magician - and a trusted emissary to the djinn world.

Elves were supposed to be gone, defeated in the great war. Magic is practiced behind closed doors, and only by the elites. All I was trying to do was survive, maybe with a bit more curiosity about my master's magic than I should've allowed. He caught me snooping, and sent me on a quest to steal a magic scroll. A quest that would change my life.

My name is Sheena May, and I'm done running. Insidious yellow eyes lock onto the secrets of my magic, and my former best friend shows up with a bombshell that could ruin us all, leaving me to figure out if I'm really the weapon my enemies think I am.

Now that the entire town knows who Clara is unofficially related to, she's even more of a social pariah than before. To make matters worse, the spell keeping the town guarded and safe is failing. Naturally, it's her fault. But that's not all. One of the mysterious strangers Clara met before has revealed his heritage and made it very clear he doesn't want her around. And not in the get out of town way. More in the permanently neutralized sort of way.

Seven months ago, goddess magic allowed me, the very human Marigold Everlee, to have a couple of sizzling nights with the very paranormal Zev. He was tall, dark, and smoking hot. Literally. He's an ifrit—a fire-magic-wielding djinn. Spoiler alert: When the goddess magic poofed—so did Zev.

Durchdrehende Werwölfe, Vampire, die Kinderblut verhökern, eigensinnige Magier - all das gehört zum Alltag von Anouk, die als das scharfe Schwert der Kuratoren die Schattenwelt vor den Menschen beschützen soll. Doch als ein bestialisch gefolterter Djinn tot aufgefunden wird, zwingen die Ereignisse sie, mit dem menschlichen Polizisten Kian zusammenzuarbeiten - was ihr immer schwerer fällt. Sie mag ihn - dummerweise. Denn Anouk ist ein Sukkubus und damit für jeden Menschen eine tödliche Gefahr.

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Eine Female Rage Revenge Romantasy. 364 Tage. Schwertkämpferin Dania zählt die Tage, seit sie unschuldig ins Gefängnis geworfen wurde. Seit sie verraten wurde. Seit ihre Gedanken nur noch um ein Ziel kreisen: Rache. Dieses Ziel – und die Hoffnung, ihre Familie wiederzusehen – hält sie aufrecht. Und dann ergibt sich dank einer Mitgefangenen endlich die Chance zur Flucht. Bewaffnet mit einem geheimen Vorrat an Dschinn-Magie und einer neuen Identität, setzt Dania einen Plan in Gang, um diejenigen zu Fall zu bringen, die sie und ihre Familie hintergangen haben.

Issaka has returned home to Timbouctou and a devastating al-Qaeda raid. His only hope for survival is Faro, a stunning, blue-beaded supernatural entity who rises free from the flames of her imprisoning book as it burns. Compelled to follow Faro, Issaka is opening his eyes to their shared history and the ancestral wisdom of his own past.