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The City of a Thousand Days is a story written by [[Ogiwara Saki]] and illustrated by [[beili]]. It ran in [[Issue 39]] at http://s2b2.livejournal.com/227600.html, and is mirrored at http://www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/the-city-of-a-thousand-days/.

== Summary ==
A djinn-bound exile returns home to Baghdad with a mind to reclaim his old status, and rekindles old romances, friendships, and enmities in the process.

From [http://isweedan.livejournal.com/115370.html isweedan.livejournal.com]: "set in a near-canon AU of Abbasid Baghdad where there are djinn-bound people and political maneuverings and what happens when the old caliph dies and banished Zamir gets to come home! (it is super cool!)"

From [http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/43702.html?thread=199003318#t199003318 fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org]: "A sorcerer in love with a prince in medieval Baghdad; includes djinns, plotting, deflowering and illicit relationships."

<BLOCKQUOTE>Zamir looked up at the piercing sky and the unforgiving sun. What he felt when he saw the familiar green tiles of the Qubbat al-Khadra, the Dome of Heaven, he kept to himself, except that it was a hot surge inside his body, a sorrow mixed in with fury. He gazed at the weathervane atop the Dome of Heaven, the horseman who revolved with the winds, signalling the fortunes of the Caliph. <BR><BR>

He heard Bahija chuckle inside his head, and he could feel her move like a smoky presence through his veins. ''Look, they have come into the courtyard to greet you'', she said darkly. ''All your old friends''.</BLOCKQUOTE>

== Related Links ==
The City of a Thousand Days has been featured on [[Goodreads]] as a [http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1877202-7th-group-read---the-city-of-a-thousand-days--june-23---june-29-2014 weekly group read].

== Author's Notes ==
*http://jibrailis.livejournal.com/106445.html

== External Reviews ==
*http://whitmans-sampler.tumblr.com/post/89532436949/the-city-of-a-thousand-days-shousetsu-bang-bang
*http://secretsolitaire.livejournal.com/203694.html
*http://anotherslashfan.dreamwidth.org/163763.html

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