"Amina al-Sirafi should be content. After a storied and scandalous career as one of the Indian Ocean’s most notorious pirates, she’s survived backstabbing rogues, vengeful merchant princes, several husbands, and one actual demon to retire peacefully with her family to a life of piety, motherhood, and absolutely nothing that hints of the supernatural.
But when she’s tracked down by the obscenely wealthy mother of a former crewman, she’s offered a job no bandit could refuse: retrieve her comrade’s kidnapped daughter for a kingly sum. The chance to have one last adventure with her crew, do right by an old friend, and win a fortune that will secure her family’s future forever? It seems like such an obvious choice that it must be God’s will.
Yet the deeper Amina dives, the more it becomes alarmingly clear there’s more to this job, and the girl’s disappearance, than she was led to believe. For there’s always risk in wanting to become a legend, to seize one last chance at glory, to savor just a bit more power…and the price might be your very soul." --Goodreads blurb
Amina al-Sirafi just wants to leave her crazy pirating days behind and live in peace with her family. But when she gets an offer she just can't refuse, she goes on one last adventure to hopefully set her family up for the rest of their lives. But of course, this straightforward assignment to find a lost granddaughter turns into much more than Amina bargained for. Along with old friends and flames, will Amina succeed in her quest, and will she find who she is along the way?
As a huge Chakraborty fan, I was so looking forward to getting my hands on this title. The Daevabad trilogy is some of the best storytelling in the last decade. This story had her tell-tale fun, engaging storytelling, and great dialogue. I did find my mind wandering a bit in this story, and honestly don't have a lot of recollection of most of the details of this book, though I just finished it. I will most likely re-read this to hopefully gain some of the nuance that I know Chakraborty put into it.
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