Abigail gives the agents Archibald’s notebook which leads them to a Djinn named Siwa who sold relics. However, he manages to summon an Ifrit and escape, promising to reveal the Ministry’s secrets.Įventually, Fatma and Hadia are able to get an audience with Alexander Worthington where they learn that he and his father were estranged. The crowd attacks as Fatma, Hadia, and Siti chase down the masked man. However, things go poorly when Fatma tries to out the man as a fraud, only for it to backfire when he takes off the mask.

There, they learn more about al-Jahiz’ past when Inspector Aasim invites them to the masked man’s arrest. She escapes with Siti’s help and regroups with Hadia in the Ministry’s library. He announces himself as al-Jahiz when Fatma is attacked by someone who can make clones of himself. There, they learn from another Djinn that the magic that killed the Brotherhood is that of an Ifrit.Īs Fatma continues her investigation, she and Siti attend a speech given by a mysterious man in a golden mask that Lord Worthington’s daughter Abigail saw leaving the mansion. Then, Fatma meets with her lost love Siti who takes her to a priestess named Merira. There, she meets Aasim and her new unwanted partner Hadia as they investigate the deaths of the Brotherhood and its leader, Lord Worthington.

In another city, a Ministry agent Fatma saves two boys from a Djinn before she is called to Giza.

The novel opens as an ancient mystic al-Jahiz burns alive the Brotherhood that has been trying to retrieve his wisdom. The following novel was used in the creation of this study guide: Clark, P.

A master djinn