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The inheritance trilogy

The inheritance trilogy

Several booksEpic FantasyFantasy
Pages
1472
Published
2014
Language
English

Synopsis

Yeine Darr, an outcast from the barbarian north, is unexpectedly summoned to the majestic city of Sky after her mother's mysterious death. To her astonishment, she is named an heiress to the king. Yeine soon finds herself entangled in a brutal power struggle for the throne of the Hundred Thousand Kingdoms.

Prose complexity
7/10

Books inside

4 books
Book cover of The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms
#1.00
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms
Book cover of The Broken Kingdoms
#2.00
The Broken Kingdoms
Book cover of The Kingdom of Gods
#3.00
The Kingdom of Gods
Book cover of The Awakened Kingdom
#4.00
The Awakened Kingdom

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MysteriousTenseAdventurous
Fish Out of WaterChosen OneCourt IntrigueBetrayal

Genres

Epic Fantasy Fantasy High Fantasy Adventure

About the author

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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...

Characters

Yeine DarrProtagonist
All characters in The inheritance trilogy