Helene Wecker takes her readers on a magical mystery through this pre-modern affair between THE GOLEM AND THE JINNI. It is a stunning rendition of a two classic tales that's never quite been told like this before.

Chava, a creature made entirely from clay is a mysterious, beautiful and unique golem who was designed with one purpose in mind, to be a wife for her master. Upon her wakening, Chava is forced to make a decision that would either save her existence on Earth or lead her down a path that would destroy her forever. Caught between the duty of a golem and the passion of a woman, Chava decides she should make her own fate and heads for New York to start adventure that is all her own.

Ahmad, a presence of fire is a jinni that became trapped in a copper flask centuries ago by a wizard. His desire is to be freed from the iron cuff that chains him so that he can return to his palace and live out his days in the comfort he so desperately enjoys. It isn't until a tinsmith in a lower Manhattan shop named Arbeely finds his flask and releases him, that Ahmad realizes there may be more to life than his palace in the sand.

When THE GOLEM AND THE JINNI come face to face, their stories take an interesting turn that leaves both wondering just how they can exist in the same world with one another. Conflict after conflict brings them both to a point of no return until they discover that they have more in common than just being inhuman. In fact, the one thing they have in common could be the one thing that changes both of their fates forever, leaving them both destroyed in the end.

THE GOLEM AND THE JINNI is a wonderful read full of magic, trust, hardship. It is a story that is so captivating that you'll be yearning for more when you finish the last page.