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Hundred Thousand Kingdoms Inheritance 1

by N K Jemisin
Hundred Thousand Kingdoms Inheritance 1

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ISBN13: 9780316043922
ISBN10: 0316043923



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Yeine 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. There, to her shock, Yeine is named an heiress to the king. But the throne of the Hundred Thousand Kingdoms is not easily won, and Yeine is thrust into a vicious power struggle.

The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms is the debut novel from a major new voice in fantasy fiction.

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After her mother's mysterious death, a young woman is summoned to the floating city of Sky in order to claim a royal inheritance she never knew existed in the first book in this award-winning fantasy trilogy from the NYT bestselling author of The Fifth Season.
Yeine 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. There, to her shock, Yeine is named an heiress 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 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.

With the fate of the world hanging in the balance, Yeine will learn how perilous it can be when love and hate - and gods and mortals - are bound inseparably together.
The Inheritance Trilogy The Hundred Thousand KingdomsThe Broken KingdomsThe Kingdom of Gods
The Inheritance Trilogy (omnibus edition) Shades in Shadow: An Inheritance Triptych (e-only short fiction) The Awakened Kingdom (e-only novella)
For more from N. K. Jemisin, check out:
Dreamblood DuologyThe Killing MoonThe Shadowed Sun
The Broken Earth The Fifth SeasonThe Obelisk GateThe Stone Sky


About the Author

N. K. Jemisin is a Brooklyn author whose short fiction and novels have been multiply nominated for the Hugo, the World Fantasy Award, and the Nebula, shortlisted for the Crawford and the Tiptree, and have won the Locus Award. Her website is nkjemisin.com.

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mulliner , June 13, 2013 (view all comments by mulliner)
If I'd just read the jacket copy, I wouldn't have read this -- looks kinda like feudal fantasy, gods meddle in the world -- but my book group picked it, so I read it. And loved it! There are some standard tropes -- for example, the young person arrives at the city as an innocent yokel, but turns out to be destined for greatness -- but for some reason(s) that I'm not analytical enough to put my finger on, Jemisin transcends the usual. The protagonist, Yeine, is simultaneously smart, and tough, and needy. I found it suspenseful, and the language and imagery beautiful.

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Deborah J. Ross , June 22, 2012 (view all comments by Deborah J. Ross)
Despite all the fuss over this debut fantasy novel, it took me a while to pick it up. I'm not sure what I can usefully add to what has already been said, except to say that the praise is richly deserved. There's a bit of a bobble at the very opening, for me, at least, but that is undoubtedly a matter of taste and it doesn't last long. Very cool stuff about a castle that's a whole city, byzantine schemes and some very unpleasant, ruthless people, a few enslaved and therefore resentful gods, a heroine on the track of her mother's killer, and occasional moments of stunning compassion. Very shortly, I was immersed and looking forward to more by Jemisin

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StochasticBird , January 01, 2012
One review on Goodreads calls this a classic underdog story. Which barely even scratches the surface; the heroine - who is an underdog- has the gods themselves for her allies, and still no chance for winning. That doesn't come close to describing the story. It's beautifully written, very original, and a pleasure to read.

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Product Details

ISBN:
9780316043922
Binding:
Mass Market
Publication date:
10/01/2010
Publisher:
HACHETTE BOOK GROUP
Series info:
Inheritance Trilogy (Paperback)
Pages:
425
Height:
1.10IN
Width:
4.40IN
Thickness:
1.25
Series:
Inheritance Trilogy 1
Series Number:
1
Number of Units:
1
Series Volume:
1
UPC Code:
4294967295
Author:
N. K. Jemisin
Author:
N K Jemisin
Author:
N. K. Jemisin
Subject:
Science Fiction and Fantasy-Fantasy-Epic

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