The Kingdom of Copper (#922) is the second volume in S.A. Chakraborty's Daevabad Trilogy. In picks up the action from The City of Brass five years later, but nothing will make sense unless you've read the first book.
The central characters are the same - Nahri, the last of the Nahids, Prince Alizayd al Qhatani opposed to his father, the king of Daevabad, and Dara, the genie-like enslaved daeva. Their relationships have shifted and changed as political upheaval grows throughout the kingdom. Enchantments and fantastical beasts abound as factions struggle for power and unlikely alliances are struck up. Again, The Kingdom of Copper ends on a cliffhanger.
I really haven't wanted to put down either of these two Arabian Nights type fantasy novels, grounded in the human world of late eighteen century Cairo. There are a lot of people ahead of me on the list to read the concluding volume of this enthralling series, The Empire of Gold. I'll try to be patient as I await my turn! Highly recommended!
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