The Broken Kingdoms

Pages: 398
Published: 2010
Language: English

In the magical city of Shadow, where godlings walk among mortals, a blind artist named Oree Shoth offers shelter to a mysterious homeless man. Her act of kindness soon pulls her into a terrifying conspiracy as godlings are being brutally murdered across the city. Oree must uncover the truth behind these desecrations, especially as her enigmatic guest seems to be at the center of it all.

Prose complexity: 7/10

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The inheritance trilogy

Dark Adventurous

Reluctant Hero Mystery Box

Fantasy Mystery Urban Fantasy

N. K. Jemisin

N. K. Jemisin (born September 19, 1972, in Iowa City, Iowa) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer based in Brooklyn, New York. She is the author of the Inheritance Trilogy, the Dreamblood duology, the Broken Earth trilogy and the Great Cities duology, along with numerous short stories. Her Broken Earth trilogy — The Fifth Season (2015), The Obelisk Gate (2016) and The Stone Sky (2017) — made her the first author to win the Hugo Award for Best Novel in three consecutive years, and the...