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The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms

byN. K. Jemisin, Manuel Mata

Genres: Fantasy High Fantasy

Who is this book for? Readers who enjoy complex fantasy worlds with rich character development and themes of power and identity.

Topics Family secretsPower strugglesInheritanceDivine interventionBetrayalIdentity crisisIntrigueLegacyForbidden lovePolitical intriguePowerIdentityFamilyLove

MoodSuspenseful, Dark

Female protagonist

RomanceMajor Subplot

ViolenceModerate

The debut novel from the triple Hugo Award-winning N. K. Jemisin, author of The Fifth SeasonWINNER of the Locus Award for Best First NovelWINNER of the RT Reviewer's Choice AwardShortlisted for the Tiptree, the Crawford, the Nebula, the Hugo, the World Fantasy, the David Gemmell and the Goodreads Readers' Choice AwardsYeine Darr is an outcast from the barbarian north. But when her mother dies under mysterious circumstances, she is summoned to the majestic city of Sky - a palace above the clouds where gods' and mortals' lives are intertwined. There, to her shock, Yeine is named one of the potential heirs to the king. But the throne of the Hundred Thousand Kingdoms is not easily won, and Yeine is thrust into a vicious power struggle with a pair of cousins she never knew she had. As she fights for her life, she draws ever closer to the secrets of her mother's death and her family's bloody history. But it's not just mortals who have secrets worth hiding and Yeine will learn how perilous the world can be when love and hate - and gods and mortals - are bound inseparably.The Inheritance Trilogy begins with The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, continues in The Broken Kingdoms and concludes in The Kingdom of Gods.Also by N. K. Jemisin:The Broken Earth trilogyThe Fifth SeasonThe Obelisk GateThe Stone SkyThe Dreamblood DuologyThe Killing MoonThe Shadowed Sun

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Published on

02/04/2010

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9781841498171

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