The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty
The Adventures of Amina as-Sirafi is not, technically, horror. However, it is full of magic and monsters and a great number of horrors, and since this is my blog and I make the rules, I’m including it! Amina al-Sirafi is a middle-aged, retired pirate who just wants to raise her daughter, keep her enemies from finding and killing her family, and maybe even stop her roof from leaking. But when the mother of a crew mate (who died terribly on her watch) demands Amina’s services, she has to get the band back together for one last job. It’ll be fine, right? It’s set in a meticulously researched Middle East circa the crusades and filled with a bestiary of mythic beings from around the Indian Ocean. Reading this felt like falling into The Arabian Nights with a satchel full of old maps. 10/10, will be preordering the next book.
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