The hidden palace: a novel of the golem and the jinni

Chava is a golem, a woman made of clay, who can hear the thoughts and longings of those around her and feels compelled by her nature to help them.

Ahmad is a jinni, a restless creature of fire, once free to roam the desert but now imprisoned in the shape of a man.

Fearing they'll be exposed as monsters, these magical beings hide their true selves and try to pass as human - just two more immigrants in the bustling world of 1900s Manhattan.

Brought together under calamitous circumstances, their lives are now entwined - but they're not yet certain of what they mean to each other.