Cyber Mage
core novel 2021 Djinn City
Record
| First published | 2021 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.88 (759 ratings, collected 2026-10-18) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781951213282 |
| Internal chronology | 2 |
Synopsis
It turns out that if you pump enough biological nanotech into a super-dense city, say Dhaka, Bangladesh, and let all the bodies form a self-sustaining micro-climate, the problem is solved, though it makes for a slightly stir-crazy, if not downright altered, population. Enter the infamous hacker and decently well-regarded gamer Cyber Mage, better known to his parents as Marzuk, a snarky and not-so-fit teenager who has just arranged to brave the mean streets of Dhaka to go back to high school in person, in pursuit of the girl of his dreams. When a mysterious threat appears, he is joined by his best friend ReGi, a young woman from North Africa's Free Economic Zone whom he has never met in person, and crosses paths with the mercenary Djibrel; their investigation throws a wrench in his romantic plans and unearths a magical realm beyond tech, that of the elusive and inscrutable djinn, who always have plans of their own. The sequel to Djinn City.
Where it sits
- Universe: Djinn City
- Series: Djinn City core; position 2 of 2 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Saad Z. Hossain
Notes
- A sequel to both Djinn City and The Gurkha and the Lord of Tuesday, set in Dhaka some years in the future.
- From the series record (Djinn City): Saad Z. Hossain's novels of a Dhaka crosshatched with the world of the djinn.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series Djinn City: position 2 of 2: previous Djinn City (2017)
Sources
- Big Sky Library of Asian Speculative Fiction (bibliography)
- Wikipedia
- ULAB Press (publisher description)
- Minuteman Library Network catalogue (Unnamed Press first edition, publisher note)
- The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
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