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“You have embraced silence. Your wings make no sound. Language is for prey, for what the wizard-nation hunts. You are not prey, not anymore.”

Book:The Djinn Falls in Love & Other Stories

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The Djinn Falls in Love & Other Stories

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Amal El-Mohtar

Amal El-Mohtar is a renowned author whose works span various literary genres, including novels, poetry, and plays. Her writing is acclaimed for its rich imagination and profound emotional expression. more

“Vomit, piss, blood, and unlikely amounts of semen pooled on almost every level surface, accompanied by lewd graffiti and knife marks gouging the walls, as well as various fist-sized holes, burns, acid scars, and other inexplicable damages if a convention of well-armed psychopaths had decided to distill their annual rampage into a single night.”

Humor Fantasy Bangladesh Djinn

Book:The Gurkha and the Lord of Tuesday

Source: The Gurkha and the Lord of Tuesday

“I was imprisoned, and no-one freed me. I cried for help, and no-one freed me. Eventually, I shook off my chains and I returned. They said, 'Why do you no longer love us?' I said, 'I realized that you have always been my chains.”

Stories Prison Revenge Progression Djinn Mythical Centuries

Book:There and Never, Ever Back Again: Diary of a Dark Lord

Source: There and Never, Ever Back Again: Diary of a Dark Lord

“When I set out from the boy's attic window, my head was so full of competing plans and complex stratagems that I didn't look where I was going and flew straight into a chimney. Something symbolic in that. It's what fake freedom does for you.”

Funny Djinn Bartimaeus Favouriter

Book:The Amulet of Samarkand

Source: The Amulet of Samarkand

“A new, rather grisly lesson in Daevabad's history." Nahri made a face. "Just once, I'd like to learn of an event that was nothing but our ancestors conjuring rainbows and dancing in the street together.”

Religious Wars Djinn

Book:The Kingdom of Copper

Source: The Kingdom of Copper

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