The Gates of Midnight
core novel 2026 The Golem and the Jinni
Record
| First published | 2026 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780062468680 |
Synopsis
It is 1930, and three decades have passed since the wizard Yehudah Schaalman was defeated, sealed in a copper flask and buried in the Syrian desert. Chava the golem quietly tends her house and garden in Brooklyn, while others gravitate to New York: Ahmad the jinni, who has lost his job after the 1929 stock market crash; the mysterious Thomas Beshara, a riveter on the rising Empire State Building who has hidden ties to them both; and Kreindel Altschul, who still grieves her own destroyed golem, Yossele. Will Schaalman escape the flask, bind Chava to his will and re-enslave Ahmad, or can they finally defeat him and free themselves?
Where it sits
- Universe: The Golem and the Jinni
- Series: The Golem and the Jinni core; position 3 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Helene Wecker
Notes
- The final volume of the trilogy; Kirkus starred review.
- From the series record (The Golem and the Jinni): Core Canon = the 2 published novels (Harper, 2013/2021). Book 3, The Gates of Midnight, is announced with a September 15, 2026 publication date but is unpublished as of 2026-08-11 -- isn't counted here yet; watch for its publication.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series The Golem and the Jinni: position 3 of 3: previous The Hidden Palace (2021)
Sources
- OverDrive: The Gates of Midnight (HarperCollins, 15 September 2026; final volume of the trilogy)
- Wikipedia: Helene Wecker
- Brookline Booksmith: The Gates of Midnight (Harper hardcover, 15 September 2026)
- Auntie's Bookstore: The Gates of Midnight (publisher description)
- Charlotte County Library catalogue: The Gates of Midnight (description)
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