The River of Silver

Neue Geschichten aus Daevabad - der sagenumwobenen Welt der Dschinns, in der Prinzen ihre Macht hinterfragen und mächtige Dämonen sowohl Segen als auch Fluch bedeuten können. Eine Anwärterin auf den Königsthron trifft auf einen Hofstaat, dessen tödliche Geschichte ein nahezu unüberwindliches Hindernis darstellt. Die Wege eines gefangenen Prinzen aus einer gefallenen Dynastie und einer junge Frau, die ihrer Heimat entrissen wurde, kreuzen sich in einem verzauberten Garten. Ein Spähtrupp stößt in einem verfluchten Winterwald auf ein Geheimnis, das die Welt in ihren Grundfesten erschüttern könnte. Die preisgekrönte Daevabad-Trilogie der Bestsellerautorin S. A. Chakraborty wird mit dieser neuen mystisch-magischen Geschichtensammlung erweitert und feiert ein Wiedersehen mit altbekannten und auch völlig neuen Charakteren aus der faszinierenden Welt der Dschinns."Der Fluss aus Silber" ist eine Erweiterung zur Daevabad-Trilogie Die Daevabad-Trilogie im ÜberblickBand 1: Die Stadt aus MessingBand 2: Das Königreich aus KupferBand 3: Das Imperium aus GoldErweiterung der Trilogie: Der Fluss aus Silber

THE EPIC, ACTION-PACKED SEQUEL TO THE ADVENTURES OF AMINA AL-SIRAFIFROM SUNDAY TIMESBESTSELLING AUTHOR SHANNON CHAKRABORTYSet sail into the second adventure of Amina al-Sirafi as her quest to track down magical artifacts brings her to the island lair of a sorceress whose woven enchantments are impossible to flee...Amina al-Sirafi thinks she's struck gold. Tasked with hunting down magical artifacts for the council of immortal peris, she can savour the occasional adventure on the high seas with her cherished criminal companions while still returning home to raise her beloved daughter.But when Raksh, the spirit of discord with whom she is reluctantly wed, provokes the council's wrath, Amina is charged with a seemingly impossible quest: steal a spindle capable of rewriting fate from a mysterious sorceress on an island no one can escape.Forced to leave her daughter, Amina finds her mission almost immediately thrown into peril. But deadly storms, an erratic poison mistress, and old enemies are the least of her worries. For the peris' story is unravelling, hinting at a far deadlier game whose rules Amina must swiftly puzzle out. A game that sets her against an adversary more cunning and powerful than she has ever faced.A game that not everyone on her crew wants her to win.

Amina al-Sirafi könnte kaum zufriedener mit sich und ihrer Welt sein. Nach ihrer beeindruckenden Karriere als berüchtigtste Piratin des Indischen Ozeans, in deren Verlauf sie hinterhältige Schurken, rachsüchtige Handelsherren, mehrere Ehemänner und einen echten Dämon überlebt hat, steuert sie nun auf ruhigeres Fahrwasser zu. Abseits von Blut und Tod. Und vor allem abseits des Übernatürlichen. Doch dann erhält sie ein Angebot, das kein echter Freibeuter guten Gewissens ablehnen kann: Für eine fürstliche Belohnung soll Amina die entführte Tochter eines Kameraden zurückbringen. Die Aussicht auf ein letztes Abenteuer mit ihrer Crew und auf mehr Reichtum, als sie sich je hätte träumen lassen, lässt sie noch einmal den Anker lichten. Doch schon bald muss sich Amina fragen, ob dieses letzte Abenteuer seinen Preis wert ist. Vor allem, wenn dieser Preis ihre eigene Seele sein könnte.

New York Times bestselling author Shannon Chakraborty sets sail into the second adventure of pirate Amina al-Sirafi as her quest to track down magical artifacts brings her to the island lair of a sorceress whose woven enchantments are impossible to flee.Amina al-Sirafi thinks she’s struck gold. Tasked with hunting down arcane artifacts for the council of immortal peris, she can savor the occasional rollicking adventure on the high seas with her cherished criminal companions while still returning home to raise her beloved daughter, Marjana. But when Raksh, the spirit of discord with whom she is reluctantly wed, provokes the council’s wrath, Amina is charged with a seemingly impossible quest: steal a spindle capable of rewriting fate from a mysterious sorceress on an island no one can escape.Forced to leave Marjana—who is increasingly frustrated at being peddled what are clearly lies about her mother’s life and her own past—Amina finds her mission almost immediately thrown into peril. But deadly storms, an erratic poison mistress, and old enemies are the least of her worries. For the peris’ story is unraveling, hinting at a far deadlier game whose rules Amina must swiftly puzzle out. A game that sets her against an adversary more cunning and powerful than she has ever faced.A game that not everyone on her crew wants her to win.

"A thrilling, transportative adventure that is everything promised—Chakraborty's storytelling is fantasy at its best." - R.F. Kuang, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Babel and The Poppy War"An exhilarating, propulsive adventure, stitched from the threads of real history, Amina's adventures are the reason to read fantasy." - Ava Reid, internationally bestselling author of Juniper & ThornShannon Chakraborty, the bestselling author of The City of Brass, spins a new trilogy of magic and mayhem on the high seas in this compelling historical fantasy tale of pirates and sorcerers, forbidden artifacts and ancient mysteries, in one woman's determined quest to seize a final chance at glory—and write her own legend.Amina al-Sirafi should be content. After a storied and scandalous career as one of the Indian Ocean's most notorious female 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 job and a final 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.

THE EPIC, ACTION-PACKED SEQUEL TO THE ADVENTURES OF AMINA AL-SIRAFIFROM SUNDAY TIMESBESTSELLING AUTHOR SHANNON CHAKRABORTYSet sail into the second adventure of Amina al-Sirafi as her quest to track down magical artifacts brings her to the island lair of a sorceress whose woven enchantments are impossible to flee...Amina al-Sirafi thinks she's struck gold. Tasked with hunting down magical artifacts for the council of immortal peris, she can savour the occasional adventure on the high seas with her cherished criminal companions while still returning home to raise her beloved daughter.But when Raksh, the spirit of discord with whom she is reluctantly wed, provokes the council's wrath, Amina is charged with a seemingly impossible quest: steal a spindle capable of rewriting fate from a mysterious sorceress on an island no one can escape.Forced to leave her daughter, Amina finds her mission almost immediately thrown into peril. But deadly storms, an erratic poison mistress, and old enemies are the least of her worries. For the peris' story is unravelling, hinting at a far deadlier game whose rules Amina must swiftly puzzle out. A game that sets her against an adversary more cunning and powerful than she has ever faced.A game that not everyone on her crew wants her to win.