(W) G. Willow Wilson (A/CA) M. K. Perker. Written by G. Willow Wilson Art and cover by M.K. Perker Written by breakout talent G. Willow Wilson* a Cairo-based journalist* and drawn by renowned illustrator M.K. Perker* the original hardcover graphic novel CAIRO is action-adventure that brings the ancient and modern Middle East together with a Vertigo twist! A stolen hookah* a spiritual underworld* and a genie on the run change the lives of five strangers forever in this modern fable set on the streets of the Middle East's largest metropolis! This magical-realism thriller interweaves the fates of a drug runner* a down-on-his luck journalist* an American expatriate* a young activist* and an Israeli soldier as they race through bustling present-day Cairo to find an artifact of unimaginable power* one protected by a dignified jinn and sought by a wrathful gangster-magician. But the vastness of Africa's legendary City of Victory extends into a spiritual realm the Undernile and even darker powers lurk there...