6/10/2023 0 Comments Books like the daevabad trilogy![]() Some of the conflicts in this book are over questions of historical accuracy (what happened) and of historical interpretation (how we should feel about it). And while I was grateful for the opportunity to dive back into the world, it was very difficult to adjust to the crunch. I was writing to a deadline! My first book began as this personal, private project that meandered all over the place and took nearly a decade to write-the second book I turned around in eighteen months. ![]() How was writing your second book in this series different from writing the first? We talked to Chakraborty about the mythology that inspired her novels, why she added a new point-of-view character and more. An emotionally devastating, character-driven novel that also succeeds in building out its complex world, The Kingdom of Copper is further proof that the Daevabad trilogy is on its way to becoming a modern fantasy classic. ![]() The Kingdom of Copper begins five years later, with former Cairo grifter Nahri ensconced in the dangerous court of Daevabad, her once-friend Prince Ali on the run from his father and an unknown new threat growing stronger on the horizon. ![]() ![]() Chakraborty’s The City of Brass was a superb introduction to both the author and her intricately detailed, vividly realistic world inspired by Middle Eastern legends and fairy tales. And the most difficult incarnation of it may be the second novel in a super-hyped, highly acclaimed fantasy series. The dreaded sophomore novel is always a telling test for a new writer. ![]()
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