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The Gates of Midnight: A Novel of the Golem and the Jinni

by Helene Wecker

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Magic and old ties converge in 1930

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Magic and old ties converge in 1930

Set three decades after the events of The Hidden Palace, this trilogy finale brings Chava and Ahmad into a story spanning Brooklyn, Chicago, and the desert. Chava tends a home and garden while hoping to shelter other magical beings; Ahmad works as an architect until the 1929 crash costs him his job. The wizard Yehudah Schaalman, thought buried in a flask, begins moving through unsuspecting hosts in pursuit of Chava. As familiar figures and newcomers gravitate toward New York, the novel draws together the trilogy’s magical conflicts with questions of captivity, freedom, and the possibility of refuge.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers who have followed The Golem and the Jinni trilogy and want its concluding installment.
  • Readers interested in historical fantasy set across 1930s Brooklyn, Chicago, and the desert.
  • Readers drawn to stories featuring golems, jinn, wizards, and interconnected characters.

Themes

Captivity and freedomRefuge and belongingMagic in historical settings

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Book overview

"Wecker is a marvelous storyteller."--USA Today

"An intoxicating fusion of fantasy and historical fiction. . . . Wecker's storytelling skills dazzle."-- Entertainment Weekly

The long-awaited final installment in the award-winning, bestselling Golem and the Jinni trilogy.

At the beginning of The Hidden Palace, the second book in Helene Wecker's Golem and Jinni trilogy, Ahmad the jinni travels to Syria with the copper flask that holds the captured wizard Yehudah Schaalman. There in the desert he buries the flask for all time... or so he thinks.

In The Gates of Midnight, the riveting conclusion to the saga of the Golem and the Jinni, it's 1930 and three decades have passed since Schaalman's defeat. Chava the golem quietly tends to her house and garden in Brooklyn, hoping to create a refuge for other magical beings. Meanwhile, Ahmad has found employment as an architect in Chicago, helping to build its towering skyline above the prairie.
But all is not well in the desert. Schaalman has managed to trick an unsuspecting passerby into digging up the flask, and now it passes from hand to hand as the wizard possesses his victims -- first a French soldier traveling to New York, then a small-time mobster -- all in an effort to get to Chava, the only one who can release him from his prison.

Meanwhile others are gravitating to New York as well: Ahmad, who has lost his job following the 1929 stock market crash; the mysterious Thomas Beshara, a riveter on the rising Empire State Building, who also has hidden ties to Chava and Ahmad; and Kreindel Altschul, who still grieves her own destroyed golem Yossele. Does the reluctant Kreindel hold the key to saving Chava from Schaalman's revenge? Will Schaalman succeed in escaping the flask, binding Chava to his will, and re-enslaving Ahmad? Or can they find a way to finally defeat him and free themselves from his power? An earth-shaking finale to the brilliant trilogy.

The Golem and the Jinni trilogy includes:

 

  • The Golem and the Jinni
  • The Hidden Palace
  • The Gates of Midnight
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