With only a few days until the ceremony of the Arameri succession, Yeine struggles to solve her mother's murder while surviving the machinations of her relatives and the gods. She is also drawn into the intrigues of the gods, four of whom dwell in Sky as the Arameri's powerful, enslaved weapons. Yeine must quickly master the intricacies of the cruel Arameri society to have any hope of winning. and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. As Yeine is also Arameri (though estranged due to the circumstances of her birth), he names her his heir but has already assigned that role to both his niece and his nephew, resulting in a thorny three-way power struggle. The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (The Inheritance Trilogy (1)) by Jemisin, N. Yeine Darr, mourning the murder of her mother, is summoned to the magnificent floating city of Sky by her grandfather Dekarta, the ruler of the world and head of the Arameri family.

Its sequel, The Broken Kingdoms, was also released in 2010. Liked some of the writing style though, will still definitely check out The Fifth Season. Lacking in interiority and understand of human psychology in a frustrating way. Jemisin (Goodreads Author) Philosophia s review it was ok. It won the 2011 Locus Award for Best First Novel and was nominated for the World Fantasy, Hugo, and Nebula awards, among others. The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (Inheritance, 1) by. Jemisin's debut novel, it was published by Orbit Books in 2010.

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