The City of Brass

But it would happen. Ghassan took kingship seriously, and Daevabad’s peace and security came before Ali’s life.

There’s nothing to stop them from turning around and spending whatever I give them on weapons.

“Full bellies mean nothing if we can’t protect our children from slavers,”

“Zaydi al Qahtani slaughtered every last Daeva man, woman, and child when he took the city.

I probably would have been killed before my first birthday!”

They often refused to surrender shafit kin,

“The Geziri were the worst. They were fascinated by the humans in their land, praising their prophets and adopting their culture—with some inevitably getting too close.

“The other tribes never paid much heed to Suleiman’s decree. Oh, they claimed to agree that humans and daevas should be segregated, but they were the source of the shafit.”

There is more to being Qaid than being a good soldier.

They probably smother them in their cradles.