Baba Ali and the Clockwork Djinn: A Steampunk Faerie Tale
Danielle Ackley-McPhail, Day Al-Mohamed
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· 3 ratings · 240 pages · Published: 04 Jun 2014
The night is for the telling of tales to which the morning may bear Truth. In the oldest of days and ages and times, there was, and there was not, a great evil that reached across the desert and beyond…
In the Nejd there is nothing at all…except secrets. A band of thieves wish such secrets to remain hidden.
In England, far from his desert home, Ali bin-Massoud serves as apprentice to the famed Charles Babbage. One night a mysterious box is delivered by a clockwork falcon and Ali’s world is never the same again. Heartache, danger, and thieves mark his journey as Ali is summoned home at the death of his father.
It will take faith, knowledge, and yes, love to realize his destiny, and more than a little skill with steam-driven technology. Can he unravel the mystery of the puzzle box and the clockwork djinn before it is too late? An ancient legacy and Ali's very life depend on his success.
Hear you the tale of Baba Ali and the Clockwork Djinn.
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- steampunk 3
- industrial era 3
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- historical 3
- historical fiction 2
- fairy tales 2
- fae/elves 2
- folktales & legends 1
- literary fiction 1
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