Historical fiction? Magical Realism? I admit I read "genie" the whole time. Ahmad was "born" in the Syrian desert hundreds of years ago, is locked in a copper flask and turns up in NYC in the 1890's. Chava was created in Poland by a man who possesses the powers to create a Golem from mud. She was intended to be the wife of a man who dies at sea on the way to NYC. Two powerful magical creatures designed to follow their masters but no masters are present. Enter a cast of humans, some equally mystical, some willing to accept the truth of Ahmad and Chava and others set on evil. Naturally they meet - and connect in the tenements and parks of the city. Can they overcome their powerful natures? Is it possible to learn to be human? Is it possible to keep their names straight when they seem to change with the centuries. The ending is a surprise but then I already knew there was a sequel so not totally unsuspected.
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