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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.

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.