The Empire of Gold

I think Bill Capossere at Fantasy Literature website said it best

"Cutesy tag lines for a review of The Empire of Gold (2020), S. A. Chakraborty’s concluding novel for her DAEVABAD trilogy of humans, djinn, and water elementals, sort of write themselves:

“Chakraborty strikes gold with the final novel in … ”

“Chakraborty is on fire with her newest … ”

“Come on djinn, the water’s fine … ” .

The Empire of Gold is a fully satisfying conclusion to this excellent trilogy, even though there are definitely moments that many fans won’t like for whatever reason. But, as a whole, what matters is that this feels like a bittersweet close one that is both deserved and earned, for both good and ill. And that is something to be celebrated .