Alif the Unseen (Hardcover) by G Willow Wilson

from bezoar44

A callow young hacker, jilted by his first love, stumbles into the bad graces of the chief of police -- and also, into the company of djinns straight out of the Thousand and One Nights. The publisher's jacket blurb claims the book has shades of Neal Stephenson and Philip Pullman. That's half righ...

from ajhackwith

Thoroughly enjoyed the book. Wilson did a good job of making a modern, fearful, realistic teenage boy protagonist (and growing him through out) without making me dislike him. Dina was a great character, realistic, strong, and refreshing. The descriptions of the jinn and their world were awesome a...

from dukedom_enough

This novel combines cyberpunk and urban fantasy motifs, with an modern Islamic flavor. Alif is the nom de net of a young man, an Arab-Indian computer hacker, living in an unspecified, authoritarian, Persian Gulf emirate. He sells cyber security services to political dissidents in his own and othe...

from krau0098

I got an advanced reading copy of this book through the Amazon Vine program for review. This was a creative and interesting book that combines mythology, cyberpunk, and political activism. Alif is the name for a young Arab-Indian hacker who generally spends his days protecting his clients from su...

from xiaomarlo

I read this book so quickly, partially because it's easy to read, but also in large part because I did not want to put it down. The quotes on the back cover of this book comparing it to Gaiman and Harry Potter do not do it justice. Yes, it's in the same genre, but I have never read an urban fanta...